Body of guilt: Using embodied cognition to mitigate backlash to reminders of personal & ingroup wrongdoing |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;2. Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany;1. Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, Aarhus V 8210, Denmark;2. Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg 41124, Sweden;1. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Keynes College, Canterbury, CT2 7NP, UK;2. Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK;1. Department of Psychology, Cornell University, United States of America;2. Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, United States of America;3. Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, United States of America;4. Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, United States of America |
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| Abstract: | Research demonstrates that people are sensitive to information that portrays either themselves or their ingroups in a negative light. Indeed, confronting individuals with their own past misdeeds or those committed by important ingroups can result in victim-blaming and refusals to apologize or make amends. Studies suggest that one reason why people demonstrate these backlash effects is that they immediately blunt the experience of guilt when confronted with either their own or group misdeeds from the past. The more individuals actually experience guilt, however, the more likely they are to respond to information about past wrongdoing with prosocial behavior (e.g., apologies, reparations, etc.). The present research sought to examine how subtle inductions of guilt shape responses to personal and group wrongdoing; namely, by manipulating individuals' body postures. Consistent with predictions, results suggest that embodiment-induced guilt reduces negative backlash and increases prosocial interpersonal and intergroup intentions. |
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