Ferenc Kocsor
Biographic Data
| ID | 845663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ferenc Kocsor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ferenc |
| FAMILY NAME | Kocsor |
| SIGNATURE | KOCSOR F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pecs |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4986-7196 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Anticipatory attentional avoidance in learned threat associations
The processing of threatening content tends to take priority over neutral or other emotional stimuli. Compared to other attentional biases (in response to threat), less research has been dedicated to understanding anticipatory attentional avoidance, and existing studies on this topic have yielded mixed results. In this study, we investigated anticipatory attentional avoidance, focusing on how predictive cues associated with threatening stimuli in…
Do birds of a feather buy together?? The influence of buyers’ facial similarity to message source on online purchase decisions
This study investigates how physical similarity between consumers and reviewers, manipulated through AI-generated images, influences the credibility and acceptance of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) and purchase intentions. Across two studies, we first developed controlled visual stimuli via AI-driven photomorphing technology and then conducted an online shopping experiment with 180 participants. The participants evaluated product reviews present…
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Suga…
Sibling relationship quality and parental rearing style influence the development of Dark Triad traits
Currently our understanding of environmental factors that influence the development of dark personality traits (DT) is limited. Therefore, we conducted three studies using online questionnaires, each examining a different aspect of the relation between dark personality traits and family environment. In Study 1, 117 adults (mean age: 30.36 years, SD = 10.19) filled out questionnaires regarding their childhood relationship with siblings and their o…
The mental representation of occupational stereotypes is driven as much by their affective as by their semantic content
Background Studies on person perception showed that stereotypes can be activated by presenting either characteristic traits of group members, or labels associated to these groups. However, it is not clear whether these pieces of semantic information activate negative and positive stereotypes directly, or via an indirect cognitive pathway leading through brain regions responsible for affective responses. Our main objective with this study was to d…
Task-irrelevant threatening information is harder to ignore than other valences
Emotionally salient objects activate the survival circuits of the brain and are given priority in cognitive processing, even at the cost of inhibiting ongoing activities. These circuits arouse and prepare the organism to take swift action when needed. Previous studies have suggested, however, that not all emotional dimensions are equally prioritized. Threatening stimuli may have greater prominence than other emotional categories. Thus, we sought …
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Stepparents
Holmes and Sherman (1982) on Ground Squirrels
Salter, Grammer, and Rokowski (2005)
Half-Siblings in Human Evolutionary History
The Hungarian Version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory Revised (SOI-R): Sex and Age Differences
Affectionless, uncommitted sexual behavior was formerly interpreted in psychology as a function of individual decisions, a kind of intrapsychic variable. Sociosexual orientation is directly linked to reproductive success, so among other issues, measuring sociosexual orientation has been of great interest for evolutionary scientists. Most recently Penke and Asendorpf (2008) prepared the revised version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R),…
The impact of attachment on preschool children's preference for parent-resembling faces — A possible link to sexual imprinting
One possible form of how children use parental models in their social relations would be if children showed more willingness to make friends with peers resembling their parents. To test this possibility, composite faces created from 3 to 6 year old children's photos were transformed to resemble facial images of their parents. The children were asked to show which one of the two same-sex transforms they find more appealing: the familial or the con…
Preference for Facial Self-Resemblance and Attractiveness in Human Mate Choice
The Hungarian Version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory Revised (SOI-R): Sex and Age Differences
Affectionless, uncommitted sexual behavior was formerly interpreted in psychology as a function of individual decisions, a kind of intrapsychic variable. Sociosexual orientation is directly linked to reproductive success, so among other issues, measuring sociosexual orientation has been of great interest for evolutionary scientists. Most recently Penke and Asendorpf (2008) prepared the revised version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R),…
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Preference for Facial Self-Resemblance and Attractiveness in Human Mate Choice
Preference for Facial Self-Resemblance and Attractiveness in Human Mate Choice
The impact of attachment on preschool children's preference for parent-resembling faces — A possible link to sexual imprinting
One possible form of how children use parental models in their social relations would be if children showed more willingness to make friends with peers resembling their parents. To test this possibility, composite faces created from 3 to 6 year old children's photos were transformed to resemble facial images of their parents. The children were asked to show which one of the two same-sex transforms they find more appealing: the familial or the con…
The Hungarian Version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory Revised (SOI-R): Sex and Age Differences
Affectionless, uncommitted sexual behavior was formerly interpreted in psychology as a function of individual decisions, a kind of intrapsychic variable. Sociosexual orientation is directly linked to reproductive success, so among other issues, measuring sociosexual orientation has been of great interest for evolutionary scientists. Most recently Penke and Asendorpf (2008) prepared the revised version of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R),…
Holmes and Sherman (1982) on Ground Squirrels
Salter, Grammer, and Rokowski (2005)
Half-Siblings in Human Evolutionary History
Stepparents
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
The mental representation of occupational stereotypes is driven as much by their affective as by their semantic content
Background Studies on person perception showed that stereotypes can be activated by presenting either characteristic traits of group members, or labels associated to these groups. However, it is not clear whether these pieces of semantic information activate negative and positive stereotypes directly, or via an indirect cognitive pathway leading through brain regions responsible for affective responses. Our main objective with this study was to d…
Task-irrelevant threatening information is harder to ignore than other valences
Emotionally salient objects activate the survival circuits of the brain and are given priority in cognitive processing, even at the cost of inhibiting ongoing activities. These circuits arouse and prepare the organism to take swift action when needed. Previous studies have suggested, however, that not all emotional dimensions are equally prioritized. Threatening stimuli may have greater prominence than other emotional categories. Thus, we sought …
Sibling relationship quality and parental rearing style influence the development of Dark Triad traits
Currently our understanding of environmental factors that influence the development of dark personality traits (DT) is limited. Therefore, we conducted three studies using online questionnaires, each examining a different aspect of the relation between dark personality traits and family environment. In Study 1, 117 adults (mean age: 30.36 years, SD = 10.19) filled out questionnaires regarding their childhood relationship with siblings and their o…
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Suga…
Do birds of a feather buy together?? The influence of buyers’ facial similarity to message source on online purchase decisions
This study investigates how physical similarity between consumers and reviewers, manipulated through AI-generated images, influences the credibility and acceptance of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) and purchase intentions. Across two studies, we first developed controlled visual stimuli via AI-driven photomorphing technology and then conducted an online shopping experiment with 180 participants. The participants evaluated product reviews present…
Anticipatory attentional avoidance in learned threat associations
The processing of threatening content tends to take priority over neutral or other emotional stimuli. Compared to other attentional biases (in response to threat), less research has been dedicated to understanding anticipatory attentional avoidance, and existing studies on this topic have yielded mixed results. In this study, we investigated anticipatory attentional avoidance, focusing on how predictive cues associated with threatening stimuli in…
Psychology (11 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Biology (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)