William Jimenez-Leal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1659975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Jimenez-Leal |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Jimenez-Leal |
| SIGNATURE | JIMENEZ-LEAL W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8824-5269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Interventions for Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents
Executive functions (EFs) are essential for children’s development and school success, yet the efficacy of EF interventions with respect to their far-transfer effects on untrained domains to regulation and academic performance remains unclear. To address this gap, this meta-analysis evaluates the impact of EF training on EF and far-transfer outcomes in children and adolescents, considering moderating effects of intervention type, duration, freque…
Do you feel obliged to trust in strangers? The role of obligations, desires and expectations on trust
What motivates people to place trust in strangers-the sense that they ought to trust, or the feeling that they want to? Competing perspectives suggest that trust may be driven either by obligations or by desires. In two studies, we tested the role of these motivational forces in the tendency to trust strangers using a binary trust game in both an online setting (Study 1, n = 241; Study 2, n = 275) and a laboratory context (Study 1, n = 163). Our …
Watching the watchmen
Promoting honesty is considered a key endeavor in the betterment of our societies. However, our understanding of this phenomenon, and of its evil twin, dishonesty, is still lacking. In this text, we analyze the main tenets assumed by empirical models of vigilance and sanctions. We approach our analysis in three sections. Initially, we investigate the concept of honesty as assumed by commonly used methodologies in studying honesty. This then leads…
Does Maximizing Good Make People Look Bad
Despite the potential to significantly increase the impact of donations, people often fail to prioritize the cost-effectiveness of charities. This paper examines an explanation for why people may donate less effectively due to reputational concerns that favor empathizing with donation recipients rather than deliberating about the cost-effectiveness of charities. Across seven studies, we find that “deliberators” are perceived as less moral and les…
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Intimacy Scale (Fapis) in a Spanish-Speaking Population
Intimacy is an interpersonal repertoire related to physical and behavioral health indicators. Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) is a behavioral intervention that has demonstrated utility in improving intimacy repertoires, particularly in experimental single-case designs. The FAP Intimacy Scale (FAPIS) was developed with the aim of using a theoretically sound measure to evaluate FAP effects on a large scale. This study sought to culturally a…
In masks we trust
Previous studies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic indicated that wearing a medical-style mask affects whether a stranger's face is judged as more trustworthy, socially desirable, or likely to be ill. However, given political controversies around mask use, these effects might vary by political orientation. In a pre-registered online experiment, we measured evaluations of trustworthiness, social desirability and perceived illness in masked a…
Evaluating the Convergence of Dimensions Across Social Evaluation Models
A recent adversarial collaboration integrated dimensions proposed in five major theories of social evaluation into two overarching dimensions: Horizontal and Vertical. This paper examines the convergence in how evaluative dimensions have been operationalized for each model to determine if they address the same constructs. Across various coding strategies and using two similarity indexes, we found robust evidence of low convergence in the traits u…
Perspective taking to reduce prejudice
Contains fulltext : 303633.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Can outrage be truly moral
We critically examine the concept of moral outrage within the context of contemporary psychological and moral theory. The prevailing assumption that moral outrage should be a form of disinterested anger—where the individual is uninvolved—presents significant challenges for understanding its moral character. We propose a socioconstructionist approach to moral emotions, arguing that outrage is not inherently disinterested but rather deeply embedded…
Author Correction
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Virtues disunited and the folk psychology of character
Despite the recent attention given to moral character in moral psychology and moral philosophy, there is little evidence on how the folk concept of character is structured. Virtue ethics literature suggests a number of views formalizing how different virtues or vices are structured in overall virtuous or vicious character. The Unity of Virtues View (UV) assumes that any virtue implies all other virtues through practical wisdom. On the contrary, t…
Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries
The relationships between subjective status and perceived legitimacy are important for understanding the extent to which people with low status are complicit in their oppression. We use novel data from 66 samples and 30 countries ( N = 12,788) and find that people with higher status see the social system as more legitimate than those with lower status, but there is variation across people and countries. The association between subjective status a…
Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests
To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen research teams independently designed studies to answer five original research questions related to moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned to complete 1 version of each study. Effect sizes varied dramatically across diff…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Effects of secularisation on the psychometric properties of the Post Critical Belief Scale
The Post Critical Belief Scale (PCBS) is used to assess how people experience religion in a Christian context. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties and the factorial structure of the PCBS in Colombian samples. The dimensions underlying the PCBS (inclusion vs. exclusion of transcendence and literal vs. symbolic) could only be identified when segmenting the sample using an independent measure of religious practice, t…
Encuentros cercanos con argumentos del “tercer tipo”
Este artículo presenta un análisis comparativo de los modelos de argumentación basados en las nociones de probabilidad subjetiva y de razonamiento plausible. Se hacen explícitos los “parecidos de familia” entre probabilidad y plausibilidad, y se examinan las diferencias en las prescripciones invocadas para la evaluación de tres tipos de falacias informales: apelación a la autoridad (ad verecundiam), a la popularidad (ad populum) y petición de pri…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries
The relationships between subjective status and perceived legitimacy are important for understanding the extent to which people with low status are complicit in their oppression. We use novel data from 66 samples and 30 countries ( N = 12,788) and find that people with higher status see the social system as more legitimate than those with lower status, but there is variation across people and countries. The association between subjective status a…
Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests
To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen research teams independently designed studies to answer five original research questions related to moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned to complete 1 version of each study. Effect sizes varied dramatically across diff…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Can outrage be truly moral
We critically examine the concept of moral outrage within the context of contemporary psychological and moral theory. The prevailing assumption that moral outrage should be a form of disinterested anger—where the individual is uninvolved—presents significant challenges for understanding its moral character. We propose a socioconstructionist approach to moral emotions, arguing that outrage is not inherently disinterested but rather deeply embedded…
Encuentros cercanos con argumentos del “tercer tipo”
Este artículo presenta un análisis comparativo de los modelos de argumentación basados en las nociones de probabilidad subjetiva y de razonamiento plausible. Se hacen explícitos los “parecidos de familia” entre probabilidad y plausibilidad, y se examinan las diferencias en las prescripciones invocadas para la evaluación de tres tipos de falacias informales: apelación a la autoridad (ad verecundiam), a la popularidad (ad populum) y petición de pri…
Effects of secularisation on the psychometric properties of the Post Critical Belief Scale
The Post Critical Belief Scale (PCBS) is used to assess how people experience religion in a Christian context. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties and the factorial structure of the PCBS in Colombian samples. The dimensions underlying the PCBS (inclusion vs. exclusion of transcendence and literal vs. symbolic) could only be identified when segmenting the sample using an independent measure of religious practice, t…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Virtues disunited and the folk psychology of character
Despite the recent attention given to moral character in moral psychology and moral philosophy, there is little evidence on how the folk concept of character is structured. Virtue ethics literature suggests a number of views formalizing how different virtues or vices are structured in overall virtuous or vicious character. The Unity of Virtues View (UV) assumes that any virtue implies all other virtues through practical wisdom. On the contrary, t…
Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries
The relationships between subjective status and perceived legitimacy are important for understanding the extent to which people with low status are complicit in their oppression. We use novel data from 66 samples and 30 countries ( N = 12,788) and find that people with higher status see the social system as more legitimate than those with lower status, but there is variation across people and countries. The association between subjective status a…
Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests
To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen research teams independently designed studies to answer five original research questions related to moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned to complete 1 version of each study. Effect sizes varied dramatically across diff…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Author Correction
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Intimacy Scale (Fapis) in a Spanish-Speaking Population
Intimacy is an interpersonal repertoire related to physical and behavioral health indicators. Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) is a behavioral intervention that has demonstrated utility in improving intimacy repertoires, particularly in experimental single-case designs. The FAP Intimacy Scale (FAPIS) was developed with the aim of using a theoretically sound measure to evaluate FAP effects on a large scale. This study sought to culturally a…
In masks we trust
Previous studies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic indicated that wearing a medical-style mask affects whether a stranger's face is judged as more trustworthy, socially desirable, or likely to be ill. However, given political controversies around mask use, these effects might vary by political orientation. In a pre-registered online experiment, we measured evaluations of trustworthiness, social desirability and perceived illness in masked a…
Evaluating the Convergence of Dimensions Across Social Evaluation Models
A recent adversarial collaboration integrated dimensions proposed in five major theories of social evaluation into two overarching dimensions: Horizontal and Vertical. This paper examines the convergence in how evaluative dimensions have been operationalized for each model to determine if they address the same constructs. Across various coding strategies and using two similarity indexes, we found robust evidence of low convergence in the traits u…
Perspective taking to reduce prejudice
Contains fulltext : 303633.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Can outrage be truly moral
We critically examine the concept of moral outrage within the context of contemporary psychological and moral theory. The prevailing assumption that moral outrage should be a form of disinterested anger—where the individual is uninvolved—presents significant challenges for understanding its moral character. We propose a socioconstructionist approach to moral emotions, arguing that outrage is not inherently disinterested but rather deeply embedded…
Watching the watchmen
Promoting honesty is considered a key endeavor in the betterment of our societies. However, our understanding of this phenomenon, and of its evil twin, dishonesty, is still lacking. In this text, we analyze the main tenets assumed by empirical models of vigilance and sanctions. We approach our analysis in three sections. Initially, we investigate the concept of honesty as assumed by commonly used methodologies in studying honesty. This then leads…
Does Maximizing Good Make People Look Bad
Despite the potential to significantly increase the impact of donations, people often fail to prioritize the cost-effectiveness of charities. This paper examines an explanation for why people may donate less effectively due to reputational concerns that favor empathizing with donation recipients rather than deliberating about the cost-effectiveness of charities. Across seven studies, we find that “deliberators” are perceived as less moral and les…
Interventions for Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents
Executive functions (EFs) are essential for children’s development and school success, yet the efficacy of EF interventions with respect to their far-transfer effects on untrained domains to regulation and academic performance remains unclear. To address this gap, this meta-analysis evaluates the impact of EF training on EF and far-transfer outcomes in children and adolescents, considering moderating effects of intervention type, duration, freque…
Do you feel obliged to trust in strangers? The role of obligations, desires and expectations on trust
What motivates people to place trust in strangers-the sense that they ought to trust, or the feeling that they want to? Competing perspectives suggest that trust may be driven either by obligations or by desires. In two studies, we tested the role of these motivational forces in the tendency to trust strangers using a binary trust game in both an online setting (Study 1, n = 241; Study 2, n = 275) and a laboratory context (Study 1, n = 163). Our …
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 works)