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Does Abstract Mindset Decrease or Increase Deception?
(HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS, 2019) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
Past research produced mixed results regarding the effect of abstract/concrete mindset on the moral judgment of hypothetical scenarios. I argued that an abstract mindset could decrease or increase deception as different Lines of research suggested that the effect could be in both directions. In four experiments three different paradigms were used to manipulate mindset and its effect on participants' own deceptive behavior was examined. Abstract mindset manipulation increased the level of deception in Study 1 and 2 but not in Study 3. Study 4 provided an opposite result as abstractness decreased deception. The results suggested that mindset manipulation might trigger multiple mechanisms having contradictory effects. I argued that future research should account for these mechanisms and individual differences in understanding the effect of abstract mindset on moral decision-making.
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Citation - Scopus: 6
Does the Association Between Illness-Related and Religious Searches on the Internet Depend on the Level of Religiosity?
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2021) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
Recent research suggested that illness-related search predicts religious search on Google. In the current research I aimed to replicate this finding and investigate whether such association depends on the existing level of religiosity. In Study 1 I reanalyze an existing data set on search behavior for 630 consecutive weeks and show that although illness-related search predicts religious search in 16 different countries this association does not depend on the religiosity level of the countries. The same finding was replicated in within-nation comparisons of the U.S. states (Study 2) and Turkish provinces (Study 3). In all studies during a period of 235 consecutive weeks illness-related search predicted religious search but the differences in religiosity among regions did not influence this association which arguably might not be consistent with the terror management theory. I argue that such a finding shows the necessity of considering all alternative theories when interpreting the effects of mortality salience.
Citation - WoS: 17
Citation - Scopus: 19
Explaining the Complex Effect of Construal Level on Moral and Political Attitudes
(SAGE Publications Inc. claims@sagepub.com, 2020) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
The literature on construal-level theory has provided a rich but complex set of findings regarding how abstract and concrete construals affect moral and political attitudes. One set of findings suggests that abstractness sharpens and polarizes moral and political judgments whereas other findings suggest the opposite. In this article I first review and explain both sets of findings. Second I argue that it is possible to reconcile seemingly contradictory results by considering (a) the interpersonal variation in core values (b) the confounding effects of utilitarian and deontological thinking styles and (c) potentially different effects of different manipulations of abstractness. I conclude by arguing that consideration of these factors would resolve the complexity in the relationship between construal levels and moral and political attitudes. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Citation - Scopus: 40
There are higher levels of conspiracy beliefs in more corrupt countries
(WILEY, 2023) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
In four studies I found evidence that people living in countries with higher levels of corruption have a greater tendency for conspiracy ideation. In Study 1 (21 countries N = 20207) participants living in more corrupt countries reported having higher COVID-19 and generic conspiracy beliefs. Study 2 (25 countries N = 4935) Study 3 (25 countries N = 24424) and Study 4 (24 countries N = 5973) replicated the same finding. Internal meta-analysis suggested that this association remained significant after adjusting for other relevant cross-country differences. Studies 1 and 2 but not 3 and 4 also showed that corruption moderated the association between individuals' gullibility (i.e. lack of education) and their conspiracy beliefs and this association was significant only in low-corruption countries. The findings suggest that country-level corruption breeds conspiracy beliefs and moderates the effect of individuals' gullibility on conspiracy beliefs.

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