Abdo Elnakouri
Biographic Data
| ID | 4234672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdo Elnakouri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdo |
| FAMILY NAME | Elnakouri |
| SIGNATURE | ELNAKOURI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7093-308X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Choosing Our Reality
Our perceptions of reality are partly a byproduct of our goals. Past research has found that people are motivated to selectively share reality—shared inner states about the world—with those who help them achieve their goals (i.e., instrumental others). We argue that this desire to share reality with instrumental others depends on relational mobility: how free others are to leave relationships. Across 39 countries ( N ≈ 17,000), relational mobilit…
Laughter Indicates Perceived Similarity Among Friends and Strangers
Laughter is a signature of social connection, thought to communicate a shared understanding of nonseriousness. Building on this idea, the present work examines whether people laugh more when they perceive similarity with their social partner, or instead, feel more similar when they laugh. Participants (N dyads = 132) had semi-structured conversations with both a friend and a stranger, discussing ways they were similar to and different from one an…
Overestimating the social costs of political belief change
How do U.S. partisans expect members of their political ingroup to react when they diverge from the typical view of their party on a partisan issue (e.g., a Democrat adopting a more conservative stance on private gun ownership)? How accurate are these expectations, and how do they influence whether people choose to speak up or stay silent? Five main studies and five supplemental studies ( N = 4,535) employing diverse research methods-including su…
Explaining contentious political issues promotes open-minded thinking
Guided by God
You can't reason with them
Millions of people leave their religion every year. Such defection often results in religious persecution, ostracism, and heightened intergroup conflict. Yet little is known about the underlying perceptions of religious defectors and what intergroup processes predict hostility toward them. In two pre‐registered studies ( N = 512), we investigated how religious group members' thoughts and feelings about defectors may lead to ostracism and a lack o…
In it together
1,326) explored (a) whether people experience shared reality-the perception of shared attitudes and judgments about the world-with IOs and (b) whether those who do so achieve greater goal success. Participants perceiving their romantic partner as instrumental for their goals experienced more shared reality with them (Study 1); participants also reported greater shared reality with IOs relative to noninstrumental others (NIO; Study 2). Higher shar…
Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility
Higher power dynamics
Fidelity with self-transcendent values is hailed as a hallmark of mature and magnanimous character by classic psychological and philosophical theories. Dozens of contemporary experiments inspired by self-affirmation theory have also found that when people are under threat, focus on self-transcendent values can confer magnanimity by improving psychological buoyancy (less anxious and more courageous, determined, and effective) and decreasing bellig…
Hate and meaning in life
Hate and meaning in life
In it together
1,326) explored (a) whether people experience shared reality-the perception of shared attitudes and judgments about the world-with IOs and (b) whether those who do so achieve greater goal success. Participants perceiving their romantic partner as instrumental for their goals experienced more shared reality with them (Study 1); participants also reported greater shared reality with IOs relative to noninstrumental others (NIO; Study 2). Higher shar…
Hate and meaning in life
Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility
Higher power dynamics
Fidelity with self-transcendent values is hailed as a hallmark of mature and magnanimous character by classic psychological and philosophical theories. Dozens of contemporary experiments inspired by self-affirmation theory have also found that when people are under threat, focus on self-transcendent values can confer magnanimity by improving psychological buoyancy (less anxious and more courageous, determined, and effective) and decreasing bellig…
You can't reason with them
Millions of people leave their religion every year. Such defection often results in religious persecution, ostracism, and heightened intergroup conflict. Yet little is known about the underlying perceptions of religious defectors and what intergroup processes predict hostility toward them. In two pre‐registered studies ( N = 512), we investigated how religious group members' thoughts and feelings about defectors may lead to ostracism and a lack o…
In it together
1,326) explored (a) whether people experience shared reality-the perception of shared attitudes and judgments about the world-with IOs and (b) whether those who do so achieve greater goal success. Participants perceiving their romantic partner as instrumental for their goals experienced more shared reality with them (Study 1); participants also reported greater shared reality with IOs relative to noninstrumental others (NIO; Study 2). Higher shar…
Explaining contentious political issues promotes open-minded thinking
Guided by God
Choosing Our Reality
Our perceptions of reality are partly a byproduct of our goals. Past research has found that people are motivated to selectively share reality—shared inner states about the world—with those who help them achieve their goals (i.e., instrumental others). We argue that this desire to share reality with instrumental others depends on relational mobility: how free others are to leave relationships. Across 39 countries ( N ≈ 17,000), relational mobilit…
Laughter Indicates Perceived Similarity Among Friends and Strangers
Laughter is a signature of social connection, thought to communicate a shared understanding of nonseriousness. Building on this idea, the present work examines whether people laugh more when they perceive similarity with their social partner, or instead, feel more similar when they laugh. Participants (N dyads = 132) had semi-structured conversations with both a friend and a stranger, discussing ways they were similar to and different from one an…
Overestimating the social costs of political belief change
How do U.S. partisans expect members of their political ingroup to react when they diverge from the typical view of their party on a partisan issue (e.g., a Democrat adopting a more conservative stance on private gun ownership)? How accurate are these expectations, and how do they influence whether people choose to speak up or stay silent? Five main studies and five supplemental studies ( N = 4,535) employing diverse research methods-including su…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 works) · Feeling (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works)