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The role of misconceptions about animals on moral attitudes and hurtful behaviours toward animals

Type of research

Experiment

You will test whether an intervention to reduce (the consequences of) speciesism successfully changes people’s attitudes and behaviours, as compared with a control condition. 

INFORMATION

Please contact Lynn Weiher (l.weiher@utwente.nl) when you are interested in this assignment. This assignment is open to two students.

Literature

Caviola, L., Everett, J. A. C., & Faber, N. S. (2018). The Moral Standing of Animals: Towards a Psychology of Speciesism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000182

De Waal, F. B. M., & Andrews, K. (2022). The question of animal emotions. Science, 375 (6587), DOI: 10.1126/science.abo2378

Rothgerber, H., & Rosenfeld, D. L (2021). Meat‐related cognitive dissonance: The social psychology of eating animals. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 15, DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12592