Daniel M Stancato
Biographic Data
| ID | 4233340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel M Stancato |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Stancato |
| SIGNATURE | STANCATO D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1167-3337 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Capital Signaling and Class-Related Selection Biases in Employment and Education
Class-related norms, tastes, and social expectations—termed cultural capital—signal class identity. We provide evidence that cultural capital signals of a higher class help to produce socioeconomic hierarchies. Study 1 demonstrates that college students perceive target individuals signaling highbrow cultural capital as wealthier, more competent, and more deserving of a prestigious occupational role compared to targets signaling popular cultural c…
The Gap Between Us: Income Inequality Reduces Social Affiliation in Dyadic Interactions
In this investigation, we tested the hypothesis that increased income inequality between individuals will reduce social affiliation within dyadic interactions. In three experiments, we examined the effects of income inequality on key indices of affiliation using semi-structured interactions. In the first two experiments, a participant and confederate were randomly assigned to a low- or high-power role and compensated mildly or extremely unequally…
Inequality in the minimal group paradigm: How relative wealth and its justification influence ingroup bias
Awe, ideological conviction, and perceptions of ideological opponents
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by prior work documenting that awe promotes humility, increases perceptions of uncertainty, and diminishes personal concerns, across 3 studies (N = 776) we tested the hypothesis that awe results in reduced conviction about one's ideological attitudes. In Study 1, participants induced to experience awe, relative to those feeling amusement o…
Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies (N = 2,078) we tested the hypothesis that awe can result in a diminishment of the individual self and its concerns, and increase prosocial behavior. In a representative national sample (Study 1), dispositional tendencies to experience awe predicted greater generosity i…
Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals. In studies 1 and 2, upper-class individuals were more likely to break the law while driving, relative to lower-class individuals. In follow-up laboratory studies, upper-class individuals were more likely to exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies (study 3), take valued goods from others (study 4)…
Class, chaos, and the construction of community
Chaotic conditions are a prevalent and threatening feature of social life. Five studies examined whether social class underlies divergent responses to perceptions of chaos in one's social environments and outcomes. The authors hypothesized that when coping with perceptions of chaos, lower class individuals tend to prioritize community, relative to upper class individuals, who instead tend to prioritize material wealth. Consistent with these predi…
Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies (N = 2,078) we tested the hypothesis that awe can result in a diminishment of the individual self and its concerns, and increase prosocial behavior. In a representative national sample (Study 1), dispositional tendencies to experience awe predicted greater generosity i…
Class, chaos, and the construction of community
Chaotic conditions are a prevalent and threatening feature of social life. Five studies examined whether social class underlies divergent responses to perceptions of chaos in one's social environments and outcomes. The authors hypothesized that when coping with perceptions of chaos, lower class individuals tend to prioritize community, relative to upper class individuals, who instead tend to prioritize material wealth. Consistent with these predi…
Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals. In studies 1 and 2, upper-class individuals were more likely to break the law while driving, relative to lower-class individuals. In follow-up laboratory studies, upper-class individuals were more likely to exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies (study 3), take valued goods from others (study 4)…
Class, chaos, and the construction of community
Chaotic conditions are a prevalent and threatening feature of social life. Five studies examined whether social class underlies divergent responses to perceptions of chaos in one's social environments and outcomes. The authors hypothesized that when coping with perceptions of chaos, lower class individuals tend to prioritize community, relative to upper class individuals, who instead tend to prioritize material wealth. Consistent with these predi…
Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies (N = 2,078) we tested the hypothesis that awe can result in a diminishment of the individual self and its concerns, and increase prosocial behavior. In a representative national sample (Study 1), dispositional tendencies to experience awe predicted greater generosity i…
Awe, ideological conviction, and perceptions of ideological opponents
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by prior work documenting that awe promotes humility, increases perceptions of uncertainty, and diminishes personal concerns, across 3 studies (N = 776) we tested the hypothesis that awe results in reduced conviction about one's ideological attitudes. In Study 1, participants induced to experience awe, relative to those feeling amusement o…
Inequality in the minimal group paradigm: How relative wealth and its justification influence ingroup bias
The Gap Between Us: Income Inequality Reduces Social Affiliation in Dyadic Interactions
In this investigation, we tested the hypothesis that increased income inequality between individuals will reduce social affiliation within dyadic interactions. In three experiments, we examined the effects of income inequality on key indices of affiliation using semi-structured interactions. In the first two experiments, a participant and confederate were randomly assigned to a low- or high-power role and compensated mildly or extremely unequally…
Cultural Capital Signaling and Class-Related Selection Biases in Employment and Education
Class-related norms, tastes, and social expectations—termed cultural capital—signal class identity. We provide evidence that cultural capital signals of a higher class help to produce socioeconomic hierarchies. Study 1 demonstrates that college students perceive target individuals signaling highbrow cultural capital as wealthier, more competent, and more deserving of a prestigious occupational role compared to targets signaling popular cultural c…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Class (philosophy) (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Inequality (2 works)