Joseph A Wagoner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394702 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph A Wagoner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wagoner |
| SIGNATURE | WAGONER J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2549-521X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dissecting how ideological orientations predict attributions and policy attitudes toward unhoused individuals
Across two cross‐sectional samples ( N‐ total = 612), we examined how people's ideological orientations related to their attributions about the causes of homelessness, and how these attributions relate to policy preferences. In both studies, we assessed eight ideological orientations, four domains of attributions about homelessness, and three domains of policy attitudes. In Study 1, we measured attributions using self‐report scales, whereas in St…
Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and the Comprehension of Determinism
Partisan identity, ideological orientations, and the differential criticisms of ingroup and outgroup leadership
Do partisans ever oppose their candidates during U.S. presidential elections? We explored this question across two studies ( N = 1106) using U.S. Republicans and Democrats in the context of the 2024 Presidential Election. We propose that partisan identity and ideological orientations related to different criticisms of in‐group and out‐group leaders, which differently relates to level of candidate support. For Democrats, we focused on the ideologi…
The presumption of compatibilism
Recent debates over the relationship between omniscience and free will have generated a number of views (e.g. Ockhamism). Though fascinating in their own right, what interests us in this paper is not so much the views themselves, but the way that intuitions have figured prominently in justifying these views. Proponents of the various views assume that their intuitions are the most pre-philosophically natural (or closely aligned with common sense)…
Re‐Socialise or Punish? Reactions Toward Ingroup Deviants as a Function of Types of Deviance
People employ various tactics to realign deviant members to their ingroup's norms. While sometimes people react to deviance by re‐teaching ingroup norms, other situations call for people to punish the deviant. However, no researchers have dissected what types of ingroup deviations produce different realignment tactics. We examined whether incompetent, unsociable and immoral deviants elicited different realignment tactics. Across four studies ( N …
Different images of God predict religious nationalism among Christians
Religious nationalism occurs when people combine their religious beliefs with their attitudes about national politics and identity. Scholars have examined how religious nationalism predicts various sociopolitical attitudes; yet less attention has been dedicated to examining the predictors of this ideology. We report studies exploring the possibility that different images of God predict religious nationalism. Analyses of Waves I ( N = 1076) and II…
Domains of uncertainty, identification processes, and exit intentions
The process of leaving groups is ubiquitous. However, the motivations underlying people’s decision to exit their groups have been underexamined. Integrating uncertainty-identity theory with literature on disidentification, we conducted three studies ( N Total = 891) to investigate how different domains of uncertainty affect group identification and disidentification, and how these identification processes predict people’s exit intentions. In Stud…
Ideological religious nationalism
Ideological religious nationalism (IRN) is a worldview that advocates the integration of religious beliefs with national policy and laws and the religious moralization of politics. However, the psychological mechanisms, individual differences, and socio-political consequences related to IRN are unclear. Across five studies (NTotal = 1,349), we established construct validity for a novel scale assessing IRN that is adaptable across different contex…
Ideological orientations, intergroup stereotypes, and opposition to permanent supportive housing
The number of people experiencing homelessness has continuously increased in the United States in the last decade. Researchers have shown that permanent supportive housing is an effective method for addressing chronic homelessness. However, housing programs and policies often meet with opposition from people in the community. Using theorizing from the dual‐process model of prejudice and the stereotype content model, we examined whether ideologica…
Ideological asymmetries in morality predict schism intentions
Drawing from the social psychological model of schisms (Sani, 2005) and moral foundations theory (Haidt & Graham, 2007), we hypothesized that liberals would be more likely to schismatize from a group following an individualizing moral violation, whereas conservatives would be more likely to schismatize from a group following a binding moral violation. We additionally hypothesized that perceptions of identity-subversion would mediate the interacti…
Different domains of identity predict different exit strategies
Group schisms are ubiquitous, but little is known about what predicts how people will break away from a group. We hypothesized that different domains of identification (national, regional, ethnonational) would predict support for different types of exit. Study 1 focused on Serbs in the Republic of Srpska within Bosnia‐and‐Herzegovina ( N = 188), while Studies 2 ( N = 115) and 3 ( N = 318) focused on people who identify as Irish in Northern Irelan…
Liking for abstract and representational art
Attitudes toward artwork are influenced by many individual and societal factors. One factor that has not been investigated is whether the viewer considers the artist to be an ingroup or an outgroup member. Drawing on 2 social psychological theories-social identity theory and uncertainty-identity theory-we proposed that people can show ingroup bias in evaluating artwork, and that this is more likely when the viewer lacks art-related expertise and …
“It was rigged”
What motivated Trump Supporters to storm the US Capitol in protest of the US Election results? We examined how different dimensions of an identification (Trump, Republican) predicted intentions to engage in activism or radicalism in the wake of the 2020 US Presidential Election. We sampled self‐identified Republicans 3 weeks before ( N = 273), and 10 days after ( N = 277), the US Capitol Insurrection. We separately measured identification as a Re…
When “we” leave “them”
Schisms occur when a faction breaks away from their parent group to create or to join an already existing group. However, previous researchers who have examined schisms have primarily focused on people's individual intentions to exit their group. This poses two questions: first, does a schism involve both breaking away from a parent group and forming a new group? And second, are the psychological processes that predict individual exit intentions …
Social identity uncertainty
The following paper establishes a measurement of social identity uncertainty. Based on uncertainty-identity theory, we propose social identity uncertainty is a unique type of self-uncertainty related to group identification. We further believe social identity uncertainty is comprised of two components: identity-uncertainty (i.e., uncertainty about one’s group identity) and membership-uncertainty (i.e., uncertainty about being a group member). Stu…
Uncertainty and group identification
Drawing upon uncertainty-identity theory, we argue that self-uncertainty creates a motivated mindset in which people desire to have their social identity validated thorough inclusion, and that this transforms the meaning of group warmth and competence to cue inclusion. US College students (N = 289) participated in an on-line experiment in which self-uncertainty and the perceived warmth and competence of their college were primed, and group identi…
Motivating Citizens to Participate in Public Policymaking
Under what conditions do citizens of nations and states comply with governmental requests to participate in public policymaking? Drawing on the dual pathway model of collective action (Stürmer & Simon, 2004) but with a focus on compliance with the status quo, rather than participation in collective protest, two studies examined citizens’ motivation to participate in public policymaking. Study 1 (N = 169) was an MTurk hosted survey that recruited …
Different domains of identity predict different exit strategies
Group schisms are ubiquitous, but little is known about what predicts how people will break away from a group. We hypothesized that different domains of identification (national, regional, ethnonational) would predict support for different types of exit. Study 1 focused on Serbs in the Republic of Srpska within Bosnia‐and‐Herzegovina ( N = 188), while Studies 2 ( N = 115) and 3 ( N = 318) focused on people who identify as Irish in Northern Irelan…
Motivating Citizens to Participate in Public Policymaking
Under what conditions do citizens of nations and states comply with governmental requests to participate in public policymaking? Drawing on the dual pathway model of collective action (Stürmer & Simon, 2004) but with a focus on compliance with the status quo, rather than participation in collective protest, two studies examined citizens’ motivation to participate in public policymaking. Study 1 (N = 169) was an MTurk hosted survey that recruited …
Motivating Citizens to Participate in Public Policymaking
Under what conditions do citizens of nations and states comply with governmental requests to participate in public policymaking? Drawing on the dual pathway model of collective action (Stürmer & Simon, 2004) but with a focus on compliance with the status quo, rather than participation in collective protest, two studies examined citizens’ motivation to participate in public policymaking. Study 1 (N = 169) was an MTurk hosted survey that recruited …
Uncertainty and group identification
Drawing upon uncertainty-identity theory, we argue that self-uncertainty creates a motivated mindset in which people desire to have their social identity validated thorough inclusion, and that this transforms the meaning of group warmth and competence to cue inclusion. US College students (N = 289) participated in an on-line experiment in which self-uncertainty and the perceived warmth and competence of their college were primed, and group identi…
Social identity uncertainty
The following paper establishes a measurement of social identity uncertainty. Based on uncertainty-identity theory, we propose social identity uncertainty is a unique type of self-uncertainty related to group identification. We further believe social identity uncertainty is comprised of two components: identity-uncertainty (i.e., uncertainty about one’s group identity) and membership-uncertainty (i.e., uncertainty about being a group member). Stu…
When “we” leave “them”
Schisms occur when a faction breaks away from their parent group to create or to join an already existing group. However, previous researchers who have examined schisms have primarily focused on people's individual intentions to exit their group. This poses two questions: first, does a schism involve both breaking away from a parent group and forming a new group? And second, are the psychological processes that predict individual exit intentions …
Liking for abstract and representational art
Attitudes toward artwork are influenced by many individual and societal factors. One factor that has not been investigated is whether the viewer considers the artist to be an ingroup or an outgroup member. Drawing on 2 social psychological theories-social identity theory and uncertainty-identity theory-we proposed that people can show ingroup bias in evaluating artwork, and that this is more likely when the viewer lacks art-related expertise and …
“It was rigged”
What motivated Trump Supporters to storm the US Capitol in protest of the US Election results? We examined how different dimensions of an identification (Trump, Republican) predicted intentions to engage in activism or radicalism in the wake of the 2020 US Presidential Election. We sampled self‐identified Republicans 3 weeks before ( N = 273), and 10 days after ( N = 277), the US Capitol Insurrection. We separately measured identification as a Re…
Different domains of identity predict different exit strategies
Group schisms are ubiquitous, but little is known about what predicts how people will break away from a group. We hypothesized that different domains of identification (national, regional, ethnonational) would predict support for different types of exit. Study 1 focused on Serbs in the Republic of Srpska within Bosnia‐and‐Herzegovina ( N = 188), while Studies 2 ( N = 115) and 3 ( N = 318) focused on people who identify as Irish in Northern Irelan…
Ideological orientations, intergroup stereotypes, and opposition to permanent supportive housing
The number of people experiencing homelessness has continuously increased in the United States in the last decade. Researchers have shown that permanent supportive housing is an effective method for addressing chronic homelessness. However, housing programs and policies often meet with opposition from people in the community. Using theorizing from the dual‐process model of prejudice and the stereotype content model, we examined whether ideologica…
Ideological asymmetries in morality predict schism intentions
Drawing from the social psychological model of schisms (Sani, 2005) and moral foundations theory (Haidt & Graham, 2007), we hypothesized that liberals would be more likely to schismatize from a group following an individualizing moral violation, whereas conservatives would be more likely to schismatize from a group following a binding moral violation. We additionally hypothesized that perceptions of identity-subversion would mediate the interacti…
Domains of uncertainty, identification processes, and exit intentions
The process of leaving groups is ubiquitous. However, the motivations underlying people’s decision to exit their groups have been underexamined. Integrating uncertainty-identity theory with literature on disidentification, we conducted three studies ( N Total = 891) to investigate how different domains of uncertainty affect group identification and disidentification, and how these identification processes predict people’s exit intentions. In Stud…
Ideological religious nationalism
Ideological religious nationalism (IRN) is a worldview that advocates the integration of religious beliefs with national policy and laws and the religious moralization of politics. However, the psychological mechanisms, individual differences, and socio-political consequences related to IRN are unclear. Across five studies (NTotal = 1,349), we established construct validity for a novel scale assessing IRN that is adaptable across different contex…
Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and the Comprehension of Determinism
Partisan identity, ideological orientations, and the differential criticisms of ingroup and outgroup leadership
Do partisans ever oppose their candidates during U.S. presidential elections? We explored this question across two studies ( N = 1106) using U.S. Republicans and Democrats in the context of the 2024 Presidential Election. We propose that partisan identity and ideological orientations related to different criticisms of in‐group and out‐group leaders, which differently relates to level of candidate support. For Democrats, we focused on the ideologi…
The presumption of compatibilism
Recent debates over the relationship between omniscience and free will have generated a number of views (e.g. Ockhamism). Though fascinating in their own right, what interests us in this paper is not so much the views themselves, but the way that intuitions have figured prominently in justifying these views. Proponents of the various views assume that their intuitions are the most pre-philosophically natural (or closely aligned with common sense)…
Re‐Socialise or Punish? Reactions Toward Ingroup Deviants as a Function of Types of Deviance
People employ various tactics to realign deviant members to their ingroup's norms. While sometimes people react to deviance by re‐teaching ingroup norms, other situations call for people to punish the deviant. However, no researchers have dissected what types of ingroup deviations produce different realignment tactics. We examined whether incompetent, unsociable and immoral deviants elicited different realignment tactics. Across four studies ( N …
Different images of God predict religious nationalism among Christians
Religious nationalism occurs when people combine their religious beliefs with their attitudes about national politics and identity. Scholars have examined how religious nationalism predicts various sociopolitical attitudes; yet less attention has been dedicated to examining the predictors of this ideology. We report studies exploring the possibility that different images of God predict religious nationalism. Analyses of Waves I ( N = 1076) and II…
Dissecting how ideological orientations predict attributions and policy attitudes toward unhoused individuals
Across two cross‐sectional samples ( N‐ total = 612), we examined how people's ideological orientations related to their attributions about the causes of homelessness, and how these attributions relate to policy preferences. In both studies, we assessed eight ideological orientations, four domains of attributions about homelessness, and three domains of policy attitudes. In Study 1, we measured attributions using self‐report scales, whereas in St…
Psychology (13 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (8 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Ideology (5 works) · Social group (5 works)