Olivier Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 163154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olivier Klein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olivier |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2737-8049 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 144 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 673 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 144 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
No fear needed when trust runs deep: The interplay of risk perception and institutional integrity shapes vaccination
Understanding the psychological determinants of vaccination behavior remains a key challenge for public health. In two studies conducted in Belgium during the COVID‐19 pandemic, we examined how risk perception and trust in the government interact to predict vaccination intention (Study 1) and vaccine uptake (Study 2). People's trust rests on their evaluation of the target's trustworthiness. In the present studies, we considered three components o…
Conspiracy Beliefs and the Perception of Intergroup Inequalities
Conspiracy beliefs are prevalent among members of disadvantaged groups. Adopting a social identity perspective, we hypothesized that these beliefs would reduce the endorsement of internal attributions for inequalities that could negatively affect the image of disadvantaged ingroups. In Study 1 ( n = 1,104), conspiracy mentality was negatively associated with meritocracy beliefs, which attribute success and failure to internal factors. In Studies …
Disposer de son corps: Le choix radical de la stérilisation volontaire
La table ronde Vêtir l’homme à la Renaissance (Lyon, 1er février 2025), synthétisée par Michèle Clément, Jérôme Laubner et Jean Sénié, a exploré la garde-robe masculine sous diverses approches. Astrid Castres (EPHE) a présenté la création des “taillades” à Paris au XVIe siècle. Myriam Marrache-Gouraud a parlé de l’émouchoir, et Marie Raulier de la botte. Estelle Doudet (U. Lausanne) a abordé les allégories et costumes militaires dans les arts déc…
Collective victimhood and responsibility attributions: The Lebanese civil war through the lens of social identity
Two studies examined how victimhood beliefs and responsibility attributions regarding the Lebanese Civil War vary by group membership (Lebanese Christians vs. Muslims) and by religious and national identification. We predicted ingroup-favoring patterns in victimhood beliefs and responsibility attributions, particularly among individuals high in religious identification and low in national identification. Study 1 ( N = 405) assessed beliefs follow…
How does education influence adolescents’ endorsement of conspiracy theories? examining the roles of critical thinking, literacy, justice perceptions and identification with society
Improving the understanding of mobility in cross-border areas using a pooled travel survey
Understanding mobility behaviour in cross-border regions is a major challenge for transport policies and the wellbeing of people living near national borders. However, the available relevant information is often limited to a collection of unharmonized national sources. To overcome this limitation, we propose a methodology for building a pooled travel survey, by merging microdata from travel surveys conducted independently in different cross-borde…
The Middle Dot Challenge: Influence of Gender-Fair Language on Representations and Stereotypical Associations of Science and Care Jobs
Can gender-fair language (GFL) shift gendered representations and stereotypical associations of science (masculine) and care (feminine) jobs? In the first preregistered study ( N participants = 338 and N trials = 9,464), the influence of GFL—using the middle dot—on gender representations of science and care jobs was assessed with self-reports. GFL shifted these representations towards gender parity compared to masculine and feminine generics. We …
Allies or Rivals? The Consequences of Ideological Distinctiveness and Social Recognition of Emergent Subgroups Within Social Movements
Conflictual dynamics within social movements are an important factor impeding social change. These conflicts may be explained by the negative reactions of members of dominant subgroups within these movements to emergent subgroups that are ideologically distinct from them and that attract social recognition. In two pre‐registered experiments ( N = 2060), we examined how these characteristics—and their interaction—influence attitudes and cooperatio…
The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs
Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the impact of the societal level of freedom of speech on conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, using aggregated nation‐level data ( N = 68 countries), we found that conspiracy beliefs were higher in countries with lower population support for and lower expert‐est…
Attitudes toward mandatory vaccination and the Covid certificate as a function of vaccination status and risk perception: A vignette‐based study
In January 2022, several vaccination policies were debated to address the Omicron outbreak in Belgium. Considering variability in risk perception and vaccine uptake, this study aimed to understand differences in support and expectations for four scenarios, ranging from relaxed to restrictive vaccination policies, to inform policymakers. Using an online survey, 12,670 participants (46% female; M age = 45.9, SD = 13.38) reported their risk percepti…
Neighbourhood exposure to fast-food and sit-down restaurants and estimated 24-hour urinary sodium excretion: A cross-sectional analysis of urban adults from the Oriscav-LUX 2 study
Objective: Increased out-of-home consumption may elevate sodium (Na) intake, but self-reported dietary assessments limit evidence. This study explored associations between neighbourhood exposure to fast-food and sit-down restaurants and estimated 24-hour urinary Na excretion. Design: A cross-sectional analysis from the ORISCAV-LUX 2 study (2016–2017). 24-hour urinary Na was estimated from a morning spot urine sample using the INTERSALT formula. S…
Et si j’avais choisi mon sujet de thèse? Analyse de trajectoires menant à l’obtention ou l’abandon au doctorat
Comment comprendre les différentes trajectoires de doctorat qui peuvent, selon les cas, se terminer par un abandon? De nombreuses études explorent les variables potentiellement explicatives, souvent de manière isolée ou sans mesurer de manière fine leurs interactions ou encore sans prendre en compte le temps long du doctorat. La présente étude se base sur 21 entretiens approfondis d’anciens doctorants dont 13 n’ont pas été jusqu’au bout du parcou…
Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Encounter and Engage with Information about Science
This 68-country survey ( n = 71,922) examines science information diets and communication behavior, identifies cross-country differences, and tests how such differences are associated with sociopolitical and economic conditions. We find that social media are the most used sources of science information in most countries, except those with democratic-corporatist media systems where news media tend to be used more widely. People in collectivist soc…
Friendship With Immigrants and Inclusive Policies Correspond to More Positive Perceptions of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis Across North America and Europe
Relational and societal exclusion of immigrants in Western countries fuels negative perceptions of immigrants among non‐migrants. We investigated how relational and societal inclusion in the form of friendship and immigrant integration policies jointly relate to perceptions of immigrants. We conducted a longitudinal multilevel analysis drawing on probability samples of non‐migrants from the Transatlantic Trends Survey ( N = 27,513) in nine North …
Russians’ Attitudes Towards the War in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused considerable military casualties on both sides and widespread harm to Ukrainian civilians. While polls suggest that a slim majority of Russians endorse the invasion, the factors underpinning this support remain uncertain. We investigated factors associated with support for the war among Russians. In three large, diverse, samples of Russian adults (total N = 2856), we extend the dual process motivational …
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most p…
Rethinking climate change vulnerabilities after Covid‐19: Recommendations for social science‐based interventions drawn from research on Conspiracy Theories and Diversity Science
Psychologisch welzijn en leefomstandigheden tijdens de Covid-19-pandemie in Brussel
Cette étude visait à examiner l’influence des facteurs socioenvironnementaux sur le bien-être psychologique des habitants de Bruxelles lors du premier confinement lié à la COVID-19. Une enquête transversale menée auprès de 315 participants a permis d’évaluer les variables suivantes : âge, conditions de logement, accès à des espaces verts publics et privés, activité physique et effets psychologiques (bonheur, anxiété, dépression). Des analyses de …
Psychological wellbeing and living conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brussels
Cette étude visait à examiner l’influence des facteurs socioenvironnementaux sur le bien-être psychologique des habitants de Bruxelles lors du premier confinement lié à la COVID-19. Une enquête transversale menée auprès de 315 participants a permis d’évaluer les variables suivantes : âge, conditions de logement, accès à des espaces verts publics et privés, activité physique et effets psychologiques (bonheur, anxiété, dépression). Des analyses de …
Bien-être psychologique et conditions de vie pendant la pandémie de Covid-19 à Bruxelles
Cette étude visait à examiner l’influence des facteurs socioenvironnementaux sur le bien-être psychologique des habitants de Bruxelles lors du premier confinement lié à la COVID-19. Une enquête transversale menée auprès de 315 participants a permis d’évaluer les variables suivantes : âge, conditions de logement, accès à des espaces verts publics et privés, activité physique et effets psychologiques (bonheur, anxiété, dépression). Des analyses de …
Risk perception as a motivational resource during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of vaccination status and emerging variants
These findings suggest that risk severity served as a critical and dynamic resource for adherence to behavioral measures because it fostered greater autonomous regulation
Local retail food environment exposure and diet quality in rural and urban adults: A longitudinal analysis of the Oriscav-LUX cohort study
Despite growing interest in understanding how food environments shape dietary behaviors, European longitudinal evidence is scarce. We aimed to investigate the associations of 9-year average and change in exposure to local retail food environments with the diet quality of residents in Luxembourg. We used data from 566 adults enrolled in both waves of the nationwide ORISCAV-LUX study (2007-2017). Dietary quality was assessed by the Diet Quality Ind…
Les croyances à propos de la violence conjugale: Des stéréotypes sexistes à l’utopie lesbienne
Nous explorons les croyances collectives et les stéréotypes de genre entourant les violences conjugales. Ces stéréotypes structurent notre perception du monde social tout en servant à justifier et maintenir des hiérarchies de pouvoir. Par exemple, l’invisibilité des violences dans les relations lesbiennes nourrit l’idée que seules les relations hétérosexuelles peuvent être violentes, renforçant ainsi la vision d’une violence exclusivement masculi…
Conspiracy blaming in the aftermath of group relative deprivation: The moderating role of national narcissism
Conspiracy beliefs entail a scapegoating function by attributing the consequences of crises, such as economic downturns, to the secret action of outgroups. While conspiracy beliefs have been described as reactions to economic threats, we argue that this factor alone is not sufficient. Rather, perceiving one's ingroup as unfairly deprived compared to other groups (i.e., group relative deprivation) might be key to explaining the situation in terms …
The Achilles’ heel of the truth bias? High personal stakes reduce vulnerability to false information
While, by default, people tend to believe communicated content, it is also possible that they become more vigilant when personal stakes increase. A lab ( N = 72) and an online ( N = 284) experiment show that people make judgements affected by explicitly tagged false information and that they misremember such information as true – a phenomenon dubbed the ‘truth bias’. However, both experiments show that this bias is significantly reduced when pers…
Detecting outliers: Do not use standard deviation around the mean, use absolute deviation around the median
Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predict…
Stigmatized beliefs: Conspiracy theories, anticipated negative evaluation of the self, and fear of social exclusion
Can conspiracy theories be a source of social stigma? If it is true, it would follow that people may expect to be socially excluded when they express endorsement of conspiracy theories. This effect should be partially explained by the knowledge of the negative perceptions associated with conspiracy theories. In Study 1, inducing French internet users to write a text endorsing (vs. criticizing) conspiracy theories about the Charlie Hebdo shooting,…
Regaining In-Group Continuity in Times of Anxiety About the Group's Future: A Study on the Role of Collective Nostalgia Across 27 Countries
Collective nostalgia for the good old days of the country thrives across the world. However, little is known about the social psychological dynamics of this collective emotion across cultures. We predicted that collective nostalgia is triggered by collective angst as it helps people to restore a sense of in-group continuity via stronger in-group belonging and out-group rejection (in the form of opposition to immigrants). Based on a sample (N = 5,…
Detecting multivariate outliers: Use a robust variant of the Mahalanobis distance
The portion size effect on food intake. An anchoring and adjustment process
Perceived out-group (Dis)continuity and attribution of responsibility for the Lebanese Civil War mediate effects of national and religious subgroup identification on intergroup attitudes
Successful reconciliation between groups following a violent conflict requires psychological change. We test a model predicting intergroup attitudes towards Muslims in Lebanon among Maronite (Christian) Lebanese youths. Identification with both their religious subgroup and with the superordinate national group predicted attitudes towards Muslims, in opposite directions. These effects of levels of identification on intergroup attitudes were mediat…
Looking forward to the past: An interdisciplinary discussion on the use of historical analogies and their effects
“ This is Munich all over again!”: Such comparisons between a present situation and a past one (i.e. a historical analogy) are common in public and political discourses. Historical analogies were used for centuries but have received increased interest in the last 50 years from scholars in political science, history, and psychology. Despite existing interdisciplinary exchanges, it remains difficult to identify the variables involved in the phenome…
The Exonerating Effect of Sexual Objectification: Sexual Objectification Decreases Rapist Blame in a Stranger Rape Context
Does European citizenship breed xenophobia? European identification as a predictor of intolerance towards immigrants
The European Union is generally perceived as endorsing universalistic and multi‐cultural values. However, social identity and self‐categorization theories predict that, when certain conditions are met, a negative relation between ingroup identification and tolerance towards outgroup members should be observed. We argue that the creation of the status of ‘Citizen of the Union’ in Maastricht may contribute to meeting those conditions and therefore …
The relation between conspiracism, government trust, and Covid-19 vaccination intentions: The key role of motivation
A power‐challenging theory of society, or a conservative mindset? Upward and downward conspiracy theories as ideologically distinct beliefs
Even though conspiracy theories are diverse, they are typically construed as a homogeneous phenomenon. Using classic theorizations of conspiracy theories by Popper and Moscovici, we propose to distinguish between belief in upward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerful groups) and downward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerless groups). The former are theorized as power‐challenging beliefs and the latter are th…
Poverty, inequality, and increased consumption of high calorie food: Experimental evidence for a causal link
When collective memories of victimhood fade: Generational evolution of intergroup attitudes and political aspirations in Belgium
Collective memory theories propose that groups' remembrances of their past depend upon their current social situation. In Belgium, a significant proportion of Dutch speakers share a collective memory of past victimisation by French speakers and fight for an ever‐larger autonomy of their region. Yet, as the respective economic, political and social situations of the linguistic regions of Belgium recently evolved with a reversal of fortunes, the cu…
Container size influences snack food intake independently of portion size
Historia est magistra vitae ”? The impact of historical victimhood on current conspiracy beliefs
Conspiracy beliefs constitute a propensity to attribute major events to powerful agents acting against less powerful “victims”. In this article we test whether collective victimhood facilitates conspiracy thinking. Study 1 showed that perceived group victimhood is associated with generic and group-specific conspiracy beliefs, but only for individuals who identify highly with their ingroup. Study 2 employed an experimental design to show that expe…
Substitute or stepping stone? Assessing the impact of low‐threshold online collective actions on offline participation
Anecdotes of past social movements suggest that Internet‐enabled technologies, especially social media platforms, can facilitate collective actions. Recently, however, it has been argued that the participatory Internet encourages low‐cost and low‐risk activism—slacktivism—which may have detrimental consequences for groups that aim to achieve a collective purpose. More precisely, low‐threshold digital practices such as signing online petitions or …
Turkish-language ability of children of immigrants in Germany: Which Contexts of Exposure Influence Preschool Children's Acquisition of Their Heritage Language
A lot of research has been devoted to explaining immigrants' acquisition of the language of the receiving country. However, less attention has been paid to explaining the acquisition of the heritage language among children of immigrants. The most important determinant for young children is exposure to the language. Language exposure can occur in various contexts, such as within the family, during preschool, through peers or via media. Our empiric…
A waffle-shaped model for how realistic dimensions of the Belgian conflict structure collective memories and stereotypes
Belgium has a long-standing history of conflicts between Flemings and French speakers. We posit that the content of the collective memories associated with each group are organized around two objective dimensions: (1) linguistic policy and (2) financial and political autonomy. A model is proposed that predicts that different justice principles will be applied by each community regarding the distribution of specific resources depending upon which …
Social Perception of Time, Distance and High-Speed Transportation
The aim of this article is to throw light on the link between high-speed means of transportation - especially the TGV - and the present-day temporal structures of society. The first part describes how the industrial timeis born out of industrial capitalism and its conceptions of the work. This model changes but it is still very topical, regarding certain important aspects of contemporary socioeconomic structures. Nevertheless, this permanence can…
Savouring morality. Moral satisfaction renders food of ethical origin subjectively tastier
Social and Cognitive Aspects of the Vulnerability to Political Misinformation
In the last few years, especially after the Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. elections, there has been a surge in academic interest for misinformation and disinformation. Social, cognitive, and political scientists' work on these phenomena has focused on two main aspects:Individuals' (and by extension societies') vulnerability to misinformation;Factors and interventions that can increase individuals' (and societies') resistance to misinformati…
Preschools as language learning environments for children of immigrants. Differential effects by familial language use across different preschool contexts
From Sex Objects to Human Beings: Masking Sexual Body Parts and Humanization as Moderators to Women’s Objectification
Recent studies have shown that sexualized female bodies are objectified at a cognitive level. Research using the body-inversion recognition task, a robust indicator of configural (vs. analytic processing) within cognitive psychology, shows that for sexualized female bodies, people recognize upright and inverted bodies similarly rather than recognizing upright bodies better than inverted bodies (i.e., an inversion effect). This finding suggests th…
L'autorisation de recourir à la force à des fins humanitaires: Droit d'ingérence ou retour aux sources
L'autorisation de recourir à la force à des fins humanitaires: droit d'ingérence ou retour aux sources? Get access Olivier Corten et Pierre Klein Olivier Corten et Pierre Klein * Aspirants F.N.R.S., Centre de droit international de l'Université de Bruxelles. Lea auteurs expriment leurs plus vifs remerciements à MM. Jean-Luc Onkelinkx du Bureau de liaison et d'informations des Nations unies à Bruxelles pour l'assistance qu'il a eu la gentillesse d…
Les modifications de l'offre de transport: Des effets automatiques à l'innovation socio-technique. L'exemple de la grande vitesse
Cet article propose tout d'abord un cadre conceptuel afin de concevoir les relations entre transport et société. Celui-ci est précédé d'une rapide rétrospective des représentations ayant prévalu jusque là. On constatera que l'on s'éloigne peu à peu d'une relation de type causal pour adopter un point de vue embrassant plus largement les évolutions de la société. En se référant à la grille de lecture ainsi construite, la seconde partie de cet artic…
The strategic confirmation of meta‐stereotypes: How group members attempt to tailor an out‐group's representation of themselves
This article is concerned with the influence of the group membership of an audience on the description of the in‐group. Negative meta‐sterotypes (stereotype of the in‐group believed to be held by members of a relevant out‐group) have aversive consequences on the self (Vorauer, Main, & O'Connell, 1998). Group members may therefore try to modify the meta‐sterotype to their advantage by confirming positive traits and disconfirming negative ones. Suc…
Do High-Status Groups Discriminate More? Differentiating Between Social Identity and Equity Concerns
A number of studies have found that high status groups tend to discriminate more than low status groups. This tendency can be interpreted as reflecting either a desire to maintain a positive social identity or an application of equity. An experiment was conducted in order to examine the roles of these two factors. The independent variables were status (high vs. low), and the nature of the relation between the dimension on which status was defined…
Procedural Justice in Majority-Minority Relations: Studies Involving Belgian Linguistic Groups
Does European citizenship breed xenophobia? European identification as a predictor of intolerance towards immigrants
The European Union is generally perceived as endorsing universalistic and multi‐cultural values. However, social identity and self‐categorization theories predict that, when certain conditions are met, a negative relation between ingroup identification and tolerance towards outgroup members should be observed. We argue that the creation of the status of ‘Citizen of the Union’ in Maastricht may contribute to meeting those conditions and therefore …
When group representations serve social change: The speeches of Patrice Lumumba during the Congolese decolonization
This article examines how group representations can be used strategically to induce social change. The speeches delivered by Patrice Lumumba during the decolonization of the Belgian Congo were analysed using the content analysis software ALCESTE. Lumumba used radically different descriptions of Belgians and Congolese depending on the period during which the speech was delivered and on the audience he was addressing (Congolese or Belgian). When ad…
How European am I?”: Prejudice Expression and the Presentation of Social Identity
We propose that the expression of prejudice may be used for publicly validating a social identity. This assumption was investigated in a Greek political context. Prejudice toward the Turks is strongly associated to Greek identity but is contrary to the norms of tolerance associated with European identity. Hence, expressing this attitude in front of a European audience may conflict with many Greeks' desire to be viewed as fully European by other m…
Hidden profiles and the consensualization of social stereotypes: How information distribution affects stereotype content and sharedness
We examined the impact of the distribution of information regarding social groups on the formation of shared stereotypes within triads in two studies. Three‐person groups discussed which of three groups (A, B, and C) was the most able and the most sociable. In Study 1, some of the information about these three groups was available to all group members (shared) whereas the remainder was distributed among group members (unique). Based on the total …
Social Perception of Time, Distance and High-Speed Transportation
The aim of this article is to throw light on the link between high-speed means of transportation - especially the TGV - and the present-day temporal structures of society. The first part describes how the industrial timeis born out of industrial capitalism and its conceptions of the work. This model changes but it is still very topical, regarding certain important aspects of contemporary socioeconomic structures. Nevertheless, this permanence can…
Social Identity Performance: Extending the Strategic Side of Side
This article extends the social identity model of deindividuation effects (SIDE) by considering the various ways in which relations of visibility to an audience can affect the public expression of identity-relevant norms (identity performance). It is suggested that social identity performance can fulfill two general functions: Affirming, conforming, or strengthening individual or group identities (the identity consolidation function) and persuadi…
Les stéréotypes sociaux. Le cas des bavures policières
La psychologie sociale tend a considerer les stereotypes sociaux, croyances partagees par le plus grand nombre, comme un processus normal qui nous permettrait de gerer nos informations sur les autres et de guider notre conduite vis-a-vis d'eux. Mais ce processus induirait des actions automatiques dues a l'image que nous avons inconsciemment d'autrui. Illustration avec le cas d'une « bavure policiere »
Mémoire des conflits, conflits de mémoires: Une Approche Psychosociale Et Philosophique Du Rôle De La Mémoire Collective Dans Les Processus De Réconciliation Intergroupe
Reconstructing the past is a crucial part of intergroup reconciliation processes because, after a conflict, collective memory undermines a great part of animosity, hatred, and distrust between groups. The di ficulty of managing memories rests on the triple challenge it has to face: allowing the recognition and healing of individual su ferings; preserving social identities of both groups; while allowing them to live together in peace. Hence, an im…
Stigma and Social Power: Expecting to Interact with an Obese Person Activates Power in the Self-concept
People's sense of power is often a more crucial determinant of their behavior than their actual level of power. In this paper, we suggest that individuals may perceive themselves as more powerful when anticipating interaction with a member of a stigmatized out-group than with a member of a nonstigmatized group. Normal weight participants (N = 77) expected to have an interaction with a target randomly identified as obese or thin. Participants were…
Is It Better to Think Unconsciously or to Trust Your First Impression: A Reassessment of Unconscious Thought Theory
According to unconscious thought theory, complex decisions are best made after a period of distraction assumed to elicit “unconscious thought.” Here, the authors suggest instead that the superiority of decisions made after distraction results from the fact that conscious deliberation can deteriorate impressions formed on-line during information acquisition. The authors found that participants instructed to form an impression made better decisions…
Effects of schooling and literacy on linguistic abstraction: The role of holistic vs. analytic processing styles
Schooling in a Western cultural environment has been shown to promote context‐free (analytic) at the expense of context‐dependent (holistic) processing. In the present study, we examined whether these differences in processing styles also induce a tendency to use more abstract (i.e., dispositional) language when describing human behaviors. Portuguese literate, illiterate, and ex‐illiterates were asked to freely describe behaviors presented visual…
Religious identification and politicization in the face of discrimination: Support for political Islam and political action among the Turkish and Moroccan second generation in Europe
Taking an approach from religion as a social identity and using large‐scale comparative surveys in five European cities, we investigate when and how perceived discrimination is associated with religious identification and politicization among the second generation of Turkish and Moroccan Muslims. We distinguish support for political Islam from political action as distinct forms of politicization. In addition, we test the mediating role of religio…
The interplay between collective memory and the erosion of nation states – the paradigmatic case of Belgium: Introduction to the special issue
The main goal of the special issue on ‘the interplay between collective memory and the erosion of nation states: The paradigmatic case of Belgium’ is to examine the erosion of the Belgian State as an exemplary illustration of the way memories of past events can influence current attitudes, emotions, representations and behaviours. We believe that the recent political crisis in Belgium, with no government for more than one year after the 2010 gene…
A waffle-shaped model for how realistic dimensions of the Belgian conflict structure collective memories and stereotypes
Belgium has a long-standing history of conflicts between Flemings and French speakers. We posit that the content of the collective memories associated with each group are organized around two objective dimensions: (1) linguistic policy and (2) financial and political autonomy. A model is proposed that predicts that different justice principles will be applied by each community regarding the distribution of specific resources depending upon which …
Perceived out-group (Dis)continuity and attribution of responsibility for the Lebanese Civil War mediate effects of national and religious subgroup identification on intergroup attitudes
Successful reconciliation between groups following a violent conflict requires psychological change. We test a model predicting intergroup attitudes towards Muslims in Lebanon among Maronite (Christian) Lebanese youths. Identification with both their religious subgroup and with the superordinate national group predicted attitudes towards Muslims, in opposite directions. These effects of levels of identification on intergroup attitudes were mediat…
On Epistemological Shifts and Good Old French Wine (in New Bottles): Commentary on Elcheroth, Doise, and Reicher
In this article, we first suggest that the approach presented by Elcheroth, Doise, and Reicher is particularly relevant in view of the “neuroscientific turn” that faces political psychology. Thus, we note that the distinction between content and process and the predilection for general, intrapsychological, and content‐free explanations of political cognition and behavior are encouraged by these developments. We contrast the contribution of the so…
Integrating Sexual Objectification With Object Versus Person Recognition: The Sexualized-Body-Inversion Hypothesis
Objectification refers to treating people as objects rather than persons. When people are sexually objectified, they are reduced to their sexualized bodies or body parts, available for satisfying the desires of others. At the same time, research on object and person recognition suggests that people are perceived configurally, whereas objects are perceived analytically. For example, the inversion effect (i.e, inverted stimuli are more difficult to…
Does Reading to Children Enhance their Educational Success: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Reading to Children in Early Childhood on their Language Abilities, Reading Behavior and School Marks
You Are the One I Want to Communicate With: Relational Motives Driving Audience-Tuning Effects on Memory
This article investigates the role of relational motives in the saying-is-believing effect ( Higgins & Rholes, 1978 ). Building on shared reality theory, we expected this effect to be most likely when communicators were motivated to “get along” with the audience. In the current study, participants were asked to describe an ambiguous target to an audience who either liked or disliked the target. The audience had been previously evaluated as a desi…
Container size influences snack food intake independently of portion size
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