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Sophia Mauelshagen

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by self and others Co-Author(s): Sara D. Hodges, Vera Hoorens Do you think you are better than other people on a variety of dimensions? This tendency (i. e. , the self-superiority effect) has been repeatedly found by social psychologists. In this study, we explore whether people believe they are better than others in the domain of morality, and if so, how belief in one's moral superiority shapes judgments of moral and immoral behaviors performed by the self and by others. Using a sample of university undergraduates (n=176) who completed a questionnaire online, we studied how rating one's own morality relative to others affected judgments of morally relevant behaviors. We predict that people who view themselves as generally more moral than others will rate a moral behavior they've performed as more admirable than the same behavior performed by another person; they will rate an immoral behavior performed by the self as worse than the same behavior performed by another person. By situating the project in a moral domain, we can explore the effects of holding self-superiority beliefs on consequential outcomes such as assignments of credit and blame. 223 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON • 2023 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

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University of Oregon / 2023

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Sophia Mauelshagen