Table 1 Instructions for moral foundations vignettes follow a 2 × 2 research design.
From: Moral self-consistency as the self-organization of moral identity: A social-cognitive approach
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Values and principles | Moral integrity | ||
Identity | Personal identity | The following task aims at understanding how people behave when moral issues are involved. Our goal is to understand moral behavior on the basis of certain situations. Please try to immerse yourselves in these situations and think about your own values and principles. Most people find this task interesting and engaging. | The following task aims at creating a measure of personal moral integrity. Our goal is to assess your level of moral integrity on the basis of certain situations. Please try to immerse yourselves in these situations and think of how society would judge your responses. Most people benefit from testing their own level of moral integrity. |
National identity | The following task aims at understanding how people behave when moral issues are involved. Our goal is to understand moral behavior in the USA on the basis of certain situations. Please try to immerse yourselves in these situations and think about US values and principles. Most people find this task interesting and engaging. | The following task aims at creating a measure of personal moral integrity. Our goal is to assess your level of moral integrity as a US citizen on the basis of certain situations. Please try to immerse yourselves in these situations and think of how other US citizens would judge your responses. Most people benefit from testing their own level of moral integrity. | |
