<p>Emma Levine and Shereen Chaudhry join this episode of Wired for This.</p><p><a href="https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/the-urge-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Transcript</a></p><p><strong>Links/Sources mentioned</strong>:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://voices.uchicago.edu/hopelab/people/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">HOPE LAB</a>, led by Dr. Levine and Dr. Chaudhry with Dr. Erika Kirgios and Dr. Jane Risen</p></li><li><p>Some relevant HOPE LAB research from Dr. Shereen Chaudhry: </p></li><ul><li><p>Chaudhry, S.J. &amp; Loewenstein, G. (2019) “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rev0000139" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Thanking, apologizing, bragging, and blaming: Responsibility exchange theory and the currency of communication</a>.” <em>Psychological Review</em>, 126(3), 313-344. </p></li><li><p>Chaudhry, S.J. &amp; Wald, K.A. (2022) “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101442" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Overcoming listener skepticism: Costly signaling in communication increases perceived honesty</a>,” <em>Current Opinion in Psychology</em>, 101442.</p></li><li><p>Molnar, A., Chaudhry, S.J., &amp; Loewenstein, G. (2023) “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104207" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">’It’s not about the money. It’s about sending a message!’: Avengers Want Offenders to Understand the Reason for Revenge</a>,” <em>Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes</em>, 174, 104207.</p></li><li><p>Chaudhry, S. J., &amp; Burdea, V. <a href="https://osf.io/yuvbw_v1/download" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The apologizer’s dilemma: Two-sided transgressions introduce concerns about relative blame</a>. <em>Preprint.</em></p></li></ul><li><p>And from Dr. Emma Levine: </p></li><ul><li><p>Jensen, S., Levine, E., White, M., Huppert, E., Bartels, D., Berman, J., Dietvorst, B., Epley, N., Gaertig, C., Graham, J., Herzog, N., &amp; Landy, J. <a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/c/3234/files/2023/07/27.-Unconditional-Honesty-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lying is sometimes ethical, but honesty is the best policy: The desire to avoid harmful lies leads to moral preferences for unconditional honesty</a>. <em>Preprint.</em></p></li><li><p>Levine, E. E. (2022). <a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/c/3234/files/2023/07/22.-Community-Standards-of-Deception-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Community standards of deception: Deception is perceived to be ethical when it prevents unnecessary harm</a>. <em>Journal of Experimental Psychology: General</em>, 151(2), 410.</p></li><li><p>Levine, E. E., &amp; Lupoli, M. J. (2022). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.006" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Prosocial lies: Causes and consequences</a>. <em>Current Opinion in Psychology</em>, 43, 335–340. </p></li><li><p>Levine, E., &amp; Munguia Gomez, D. (2021). <a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/c/3234/files/2023/07/17.-Im-just-being-honest-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“I’m just being honest.” When and why honesty enables help versus harm</a>. <em>Journal of personality and social psychology</em>, 120(1), 33.</p></li><li><p>‌Levine, E. E., Roberts, A. R., &amp; Cohen, T. R. (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.034" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Difficult conversations: navigating the tension between honesty and benevolence</a>. <em>Current Opinion in Psychology</em>, 31, 38–43. </p></li><li><p>Levine, E. E., &amp; Wald, K. A. (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.05.004" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fibbing about your feelings: How feigning happiness in the face of personal hardship affects trust</a>. <em>Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes</em>, 156, 135–154. </p></li><li><p>Levine, E. E., &amp; Cohen, T. R. (2017). <a href="https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2910067" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">You Can Handle the Truth: Mispredicting the Consequences of Honest Communication</a>. <em>SSRN Electronic Journal</em>. </p></li><li><p>Lupoli, M. J., Levine, E. E., &amp; Greenberg, A. E. (2018). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.01.001" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Paternalistic lies</a>. <em>Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes</em>, 146, 31–50. </p></li><li><p>Levine, E. E., Hart, J., Moore, K., Rubin, E., Yadav, K., &amp; Halpern, S. D. (2017). <a href="https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2910065" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Surprising Costs of Silence: Asymmetric Preferences for Prosocial Lies of Commission and Omission</a>. <em>SSRN Electronic Journal.</em> </p></li></ul><li><p>Other relevant studies: </p></li><ul><li><p>Zhu, J., &amp; Molnar, A. <a href="https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/j8zgv_v1?view_only=" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The End of Writing as We Know It? Generative AI May Undermine the Social Signaling Function of Writing</a>. <em>Preprint.</em></p></li><li><p>Timmermans, E., Hermans, A.-M., &amp; Opree, S. J. (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520970287" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters’ ghosting experiences</a>. <em>Journal of Social and Personal Relationships</em>, 38(2), 026540752097028. </p></li><li><p>Eyal, T., Steffel, M., &amp; Epley, N. (2018). <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas-Epley-2/publication/324232939_Perspective_mistaking_Accurately_understanding_the_mind_of_another_requires_getting_perspective_not_taking_perspective/links/609ef202a6fdcccacb550ce9/Perspective-Mistaking-Accurately-Understanding-the-Mind-of-Another-Requires-Getting-Perspective-Not-Taking-Perspective.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Perspective mistaking: Accurately understanding the mind of another requires getting perspective, not taking perspective</a>. <em>Journal of personality and social psychology</em>, 114(4), 547.</p></li><li><p>‌Wald, K. A., Kardas, M., &amp; Epley, N. (2024). <a href="https://www.michaelkardas.com/s/Wald-Kardas-Epley-2024-Misplaced-divides.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Misplaced divides? Discussing political disagreement with strangers can be unexpectedly positive</a>.<em> Psychological Science</em>, 35(5), 471-488.</p></li><li><p>Dungan, J. A., &amp; Epley, N. (2024). <a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5c484e0f4aa6f839dc553c45/65ccf29358bfd678ce6fee68_DunganEpleyConfrontationJEPG.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Surprisingly good talk: Misunderstanding others creates a barrier to constructive confrontation</a>. <em>Journal of Experimental Psychology: General</em>, 153(3), 779.</p></li><li><p>Rogers, T., Zeckhauser, R., Gino, F., Norton, M. I., &amp; Schweitzer, M. E. (2017). <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2528625" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Artful paltering: The risks and rewards of using truthful statements to mislead others</a>. <em>Journal of personality and social psychology</em>, 112(3), 456.</p></li></ul></ul>