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    Is Vegan Food Really that Bad? The Relation between Moral Identity Threat and Flavor Preference

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    Title
    Is Vegan Food Really that Bad? The Relation between Moral Identity Threat and Flavor Preference
    Author
    Hennigan, Paul
    Date
    December 2015
    Subject
    moral identity
    identity threat
    vegans
    attitudes
    flavor preference
    
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/572
    Abstract
    Vegans often report finding themselves and their diets as the subjects of ridicule and disparaging attitudes. These attitudes could be due to moral identity threat, a self-defense mechanism that preserves one's concept of being a good person in the face of perceived moral exemplars. The present study tested this hypothesis by having participants sample the same cookie from two baskets, with one basket being labelled as "vegan" and the other being labelled as "classic." Moral identity threat and attitudes towards vegans were measured using surveys adapted from prior moral psychology studies. The results show that those with high moral identity threat show a statistically significant preference for the cookie labelled as "classic" and no preference for the same cookie labelled as "vegan". Furthermore, high scores of moral identity threat were correlated with negative vegan attitudes. These results show that negative attitudes towards vegan food and vegans may be influenced by internal self defense mechanisms rather than the actual quality of the food and people being judged.
    Advisor
    Evett, Sophia
    Department
    Psychology
    Degree
    Bachelor of Science (BS)
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