Dr Jared Piazza

Lecturer

Research Overview

I'm a Moral Psychologist, meaning I study the psychological processes involved in moral judgment, behaviour, and decision-making. I'm a member of the Moral Cognition and Behaviour (MCAB) Lab at Lancs. See my personal webpage for full list of publications by topic, research tools, and other professional materials.

Research Interests

  • Moral judgment
  • Moral emotions
  • Moral character
  • Psychology of religion
  • Social cognition
  • Prosocial behavior
  • Evolutionary psychology
  • Moral standing of animals
  • Psychology of eating animals

Understanding the importance and perceived structure of moral character
Goodwin, G., Piazza, J., Rozin, P. 11/2015 In: Character. New York : Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190204600.
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Rationalizing meat consumption: the 4Ns
Piazza, J., Ruby, M., Loughnan, S., Luong, M., Kulik, J., Watkins, H., Seigerman, M. 1/08/2015 In: Appetite. 91, p. 114-128. 15 p.
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Evolutionary cyberpsychology 2.0: revisiting some old predictions and posting some new ones in the age of Facebook.
Piazza, J., Ingram, G. 7/05/2015 In: Evolutionary perspectives on social psychology. Springer p. 159-174. 16 p. ISBN: 9783319126968. Electronic ISBN: 9783319126975.
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Consenting to counter-normative sexual acts: differential effects of consent on anger and disgust as a function of transgressor or consenter
Russell, P.S., Piazza, J. 2015 In: Cognition and Emotion. 29, 4, p. 634-653. 10 p.
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When a virtue is not a virtue: conditional virtues in moral evaluation
Piazza, J., Goodwin, G., Rozin, P., Royzman, E. 12/2014 In: Social Cognition. 32, 6, p. 528-558. 31 p.
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Morality and the religious mind: why theists and nontheists differ
Shariff, A., Piazza, J., Kramer, S. 09/2014 In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 18, 9, p. 439-441. 3 p.
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Cruel nature: harmfulness as an important, overlooked dimension in judgments of moral standing
Piazza, J., Landy, J., Goodwin, G. 04/2014 In: Cognition. 131, 1, p. 108-124. 17 p.
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Religiosity, political orientation, and consequentialist moral thinking
Piazza, J., Sousa, P. 04/2014 In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 5, 3, p. 334-342. 9 p.
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Conceptual and empirical challenges to the "authentic" versus "hubristic" model of pride
Holbrook, C., Piazza, J., Fessler, D. 02/2014 In: Emotion. 14, 1, p. 17-32. 16 p.
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Further challenges to the "authentic"/"hubristic" model of pride: conceptual clarifications and new evidence
Holbrook, C., Piazza, J., Fessler, D. 02/2014 In: Emotion. 14, 1, p. 38-42. 5 p.
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Moral character information predominates in person perception and evaluation
Goodwin, G., Piazza, J., Rozin, P. 01/2014 In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 106, 1, p. 148-168. 21 p.
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Harmful transgressions qua moral transgressions: a deflationary view
Sousa, P., Piazza, J. 2014 In: Thinking and Reasoning. 20, 1, p. 99-128. 30 p.
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"Lean not on your own understanding": belief that morality is founded on divine authority and non-utilitarian moral thinking
Piazza, J., Landy, J. 11/2013 In: Judgment and Decision Making. 8, 6, p. 639-661. 23 p.
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Authority dependence and judgments of utilitarian harm
Piazza, J., Sousa, P., Holbrook, C. 09/2013 In: Cognition. 128, 3, p. 261-270. 10 p.
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CAD revisited: effects of the word "moral" on the moral relevance of disgust (and other emotions)
Russell, P.S., Piazza, J., Giner-Sorolla, R. 01/2013 In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 4, 1, p. 62-68. 7 p.
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Moral emotions and the envisioning of mitigating circumstances for wrongdoing
Piazza, J., Russell, P.S., Sousa, P. 2013 In: Cognition and Emotion. 27, 4, p. 707-722. 16 p.
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"If you love me keep my commandments": religiosity increases preference for rule-based moral arguments
Piazza, J. 2012 In: International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 22, 4, p. 285-302. 18 p.
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What do the TOSCA guilt and shame scales really measure: affect or action?
Giner-Sorolla, R., Piazza, J., Espinosa, P. 09/2011 In: Personality and Individual Differences. 51, 4, p. 445-450. 6 p.
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"Princess Alice is watching you": children's belief in an invisible person inhibits cheating
Piazza, J., Bering, J., Ingram, G. 07/2011 In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 109, 3, p. 311-320. 10 p.
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The coevolution of secrecy and stigmatization: evidence from the content of distressing secrets
Piazza, J., Bering, J. 10/2010 In: Human Nature. 21, 3, p. 290-308. 19 p.
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Evolutionary cyber-psychology: applying an evolutionary framework to internet behavior
Piazza, J., Bering, J. 11/2009 In: Computers in Human Behavior. 25, 6, p. 1258-1269. 12 p.
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The morality of harm
Sousa, P., Holbrook, C., Piazza, J. 10/2009 In: Cognition. 113, 1, p. 80-92. 13 p.
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The adaptive problem of absent third-party punishment
Ingram, G., Piazza, J., Bering, J. 2009 In: Human characteristics. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Publishing p. 205-229. 25 p. ISBN: 9781443802130.
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Concerns about reputation via gossip promote generous allocations in an economic game
Piazza, J., Bering, J. 05/2008 In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 29, 3, p. 172-178. 7 p.
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The effects of perceived anonymity on altruistic punishment
Piazza, J., Bering, J. 2008 In: Evolutionary Psychology. 6, 3, p. 487-501. 15 p.
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