Nadia

Title:
Incorporating Egalitarian Ideology in Models of Collective Action

Abstract:
We propose that egalitarianism is related to collective action and policy support meant to reduce racial inequity, and that this relationship is partly explained by egalitarian individuals’ increased recognition of racial discrimination. We test this pathway among groups of various positions within the US racial hierarchy and find support for the proposed model.

Wilson

Title:
A First Look at Infectious Disease Concealment

Abstract:
In March, 2020 a man hid his COVID-19 symptoms so that he could visit his wife and newborn child in the maternity ward of a Rochester, New York hospital. In addition to putting everyone in the hospital at risk of infection, his deception actually caused his wife to fall ill with the virus less than a week after giving birth. What psychological processes explain this kind of concealment behavior? Drawing on insights from the behavioral immune system and literature on concealable stigmatized identity, I will discuss the prevalence of disease concealment and its unique social costs and benefits. In our first two studies (N = 367), we find that a large majority of college students and adults freely report times when they concealed infectious disease in social situations, and that decisions to conceal depend on the audience they would be concealing from. In our next two studies (N = 307), we find that people report being less likely to conceal an illness when there is a higher risk of transmitting that illness to others, and when the symptoms they would pass along could be particularly debilitating. Together, these four studies set the foundation for further inquiry into mechanisms underlying infectious disease concealment