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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Social Cognition

Background:

  • Causality, mental states, and preventability are recognized inputs for moral blame judgments.
  • The precise cognitive mechanisms underlying how these inputs are processed remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how individuals process information related to intentionality, reasons, and preventability in moral blame judgments.
  • To test the Path Model of Blame, proposing a hierarchical information processing approach.

Main Methods:

  • Three experimental studies were conducted.
  • Participants' judgments of norm violations and reaction times (RT) were measured.
  • Information regarding intentionality, agent's reasons, and preventability was manipulated.

Main Results:

  • Early judgments of intentionality directed blame processing along distinct tracks: reasons for intentional acts, preventability for unintentional acts.
  • Switching between these processing tracks due to new information incurred significant processing costs, evidenced by RT delays.
  • Findings support the Path Model of Blame.

Conclusions:

  • Moral blame judgments involve distinct, intention-dependent processing pathways.
  • Hierarchical information processing, influenced by initial intentionality assessments, underlies moral cognition.
  • Processing shifts between blame-related information tracks incur measurable cognitive costs.