Lai Calvin K, Haidt Jonathan, Nosek Brian A
a Department of Psychology , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , VA 22904 , USA.
Cogn Emot. 2014;28(5):781-94. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2013.861342. Epub 2013 Dec 9.
Disgust is linked to social evaluation. People with higher disgust sensitivity exhibit more sexual prejudice, and inducing disgust increases sexual prejudice. We tested whether inducing moral elevation, the theoretical opposite of disgust, would reduce sexual prejudice. In four studies (N = 3622), we induced elevation with inspiring videos and then measured sexual prejudice with implicit and explicit measures. Compared to control videos that elicited no particular affective state, we found that elevation reduced implicit and explicit sexual prejudice, albeit very slightly. No effect was observed when the target of social evaluation was changed to race (Black-White). Inducing amusement, another positive emotion, did not significantly affect sexual prejudice. We conclude that elevation weakly but reliably reduces prejudice towards gay men.
厌恶与社会评价相关。厌恶敏感度较高的人表现出更多的性偏见，引发厌恶会增加性偏见。我们测试了引发道德升华（厌恶的理论对立面）是否会减少性偏见。在四项研究（N = 3622）中，我们用鼓舞人心的视频引发升华，然后用内隐和外显测量方法测量性偏见。与未引发特定情感状态的对照视频相比，我们发现升华减少了内隐和外显的性偏见，尽管幅度非常小。当社会评价的对象改为种族（黑人 - 白人）时，未观察到影响。引发娱乐（另一种积极情绪）对性偏见没有显著影响。我们得出结论，升华虽微弱但可靠地减少了对男同性恋者的偏见。
