ArticleNature human behaviour2019
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for prosocial versus antisocial behaviour.
Article in Nature human behaviour, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems.Psychology & health · 2024Trial
- A 30-nation investigation of lay heritability beliefs.Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) · 2024Article
- Asymmetric genetic attributions for one's own prosocial versus antisocial behavior.The Journal of social psychology · 2024Article
- Asymmetric Causal Attributions to Environmental Influences for Prosocial Versus Antisocial Behavior.Social cognition · 2023Article
- Genetic essentialist beliefs about criminality predict harshness of recommended punishment.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2022Article
- Genetic attributions and perceptions of naturalness are shaped by evaluative valence.The Journal of social psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Genetic explanations of human behaviour are increasingly common. While genetic attributions for behaviour are often considered relevant for assessing blameworthiness, it has not yet been established whether judgements about blameworthiness can themselves impact genetic attributions. Across six studies, participants read about individuals engaging in prosocial or antisocial behaviour, and rated the extent to which they believed that genetics played a role in causing the behaviour. Antisocial behaviour was consistently rated as less genetically influenced than prosocial behaviour. This was true regardless of whether genetic explanations were explicitly provided or refuted. Mediation analyses suggested that this asymmetry may stem from people's motivating desire to hold wrongdoers responsible for their actions. These findings suggest that those who seek to study or make use of genetic explanations' influence on evaluations of, for example, antisocial behaviour should consider whether such explanations are accepted in the first place, given the possibility of motivated causal reasoning.
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