Raihan Alam
Biographic Data
| ID | 933050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raihan Alam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raihan |
| FAMILY NAME | Alam |
| SIGNATURE | ALAM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehigh University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0095-909X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsourced theory-informed behavioral interventions designed to promote public, political, and financial advocacy in a large quota-matched sample of US residents (n = 31,324). The most consistently effective intervention emphasized both the collective efficacy and emotional benefits of climate action, increasi…
Wise blame wins the blame game
Introduction: Being an intense blamer is bad for one's relationships and for one's mental health. Although existing literature provides strong support for these harmful impacts of blame, the relevant studies examine a narrow set of relationship types and a narrow type of blame. Our goal in this article is to extend the blame literature by examining the relational and mental health harms of blame in novel relationship settings (peer relations amon…
Moral Agreement With Punished Acts Decreases Perceptions of Punisher Legitimacy and Willingness to Obey the Law
Punishment is a critical mechanism through which society regulates behavior, yet its efficacy depends on how observers interpret the legitimacy of punishers. Across five experiments, we examine how moral agreement with punished acts shapes perceptions of punishers’ legitimacy and willingness to obey laws. Experiment 1 finds that when observers morally agree with punished acts, they perceive punishers as less legitimate and report lower willingnes…
Reveling in Mayhem
The COVID‐19 pandemic is a critical challenge to public health, with authorities emphasizing the importance of measures like vaccination to curb its spread. Yet, pandemic misperceptions, including distrust in scientists and conspiratorial beliefs about the disease, pose significant barriers to these efforts. Amid the turmoil of the COVID‐19 pandemic, that is, there are some who revel in mayhem. Our research investigates the need for chaos (NFC)—t…
The Roles of Entitativity and Collective Blame in Conservative Opposition Toward BLM and Anti-Racism
Tweeting Others With Respect
Hostile partisan communication pervades social media. Partisan hostility often takes the form of reciprocal blaming, where one feels blamed by an out-party member (“She said my beliefs are stupid!”) and then reciprocates with blame-fueled verbal hostility. Here, we examine whether historicist narratives, story-like descriptions of how someone developed her beliefs, can reduce such hostile verbal retaliation. In three experiments, strongly liberal…
Reveling in Mayhem
The COVID‐19 pandemic is a critical challenge to public health, with authorities emphasizing the importance of measures like vaccination to curb its spread. Yet, pandemic misperceptions, including distrust in scientists and conspiratorial beliefs about the disease, pose significant barriers to these efforts. Amid the turmoil of the COVID‐19 pandemic, that is, there are some who revel in mayhem. Our research investigates the need for chaos (NFC)—t…
Tweeting Others With Respect
Hostile partisan communication pervades social media. Partisan hostility often takes the form of reciprocal blaming, where one feels blamed by an out-party member (“She said my beliefs are stupid!”) and then reciprocates with blame-fueled verbal hostility. Here, we examine whether historicist narratives, story-like descriptions of how someone developed her beliefs, can reduce such hostile verbal retaliation. In three experiments, strongly liberal…
Wise blame wins the blame game
Introduction: Being an intense blamer is bad for one's relationships and for one's mental health. Although existing literature provides strong support for these harmful impacts of blame, the relevant studies examine a narrow set of relationship types and a narrow type of blame. Our goal in this article is to extend the blame literature by examining the relational and mental health harms of blame in novel relationship settings (peer relations amon…
Moral Agreement With Punished Acts Decreases Perceptions of Punisher Legitimacy and Willingness to Obey the Law
Punishment is a critical mechanism through which society regulates behavior, yet its efficacy depends on how observers interpret the legitimacy of punishers. Across five experiments, we examine how moral agreement with punished acts shapes perceptions of punishers’ legitimacy and willingness to obey laws. Experiment 1 finds that when observers morally agree with punished acts, they perceive punishers as less legitimate and report lower willingnes…
Reveling in Mayhem
The COVID‐19 pandemic is a critical challenge to public health, with authorities emphasizing the importance of measures like vaccination to curb its spread. Yet, pandemic misperceptions, including distrust in scientists and conspiratorial beliefs about the disease, pose significant barriers to these efforts. Amid the turmoil of the COVID‐19 pandemic, that is, there are some who revel in mayhem. Our research investigates the need for chaos (NFC)—t…
The Roles of Entitativity and Collective Blame in Conservative Opposition Toward BLM and Anti-Racism
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsourced theory-informed behavioral interventions designed to promote public, political, and financial advocacy in a large quota-matched sample of US residents (n = 31,324). The most consistently effective intervention emphasized both the collective efficacy and emotional benefits of climate action, increasi…
Psychology (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works) · Blame (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)