Professor Jonathan Haidt specializes in research on morality and emotion, and how they vary across cultures. He is currently studying the intuitive foundations of political ideology, and searching for ways to overcome the moralism of the American "culture wars." He and his students are also examining a variety of nearly unstudied moral emotions, such as awe, moral elevation, and emotional responses to cuteness and signs of tenderness.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Ethics and Morality
Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
Political Psychology
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Ethics and Morality

Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
Political Psychology
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Haidt Laboratory (Moral Psychology)
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Online Studies:

Learn About Your Morality!

Books:

Journal Articles:

Haidt, J. (2007). The new synthesis in moral psychology. Science, 316, 998-1002.
Haidt, J. (2001). The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment. Psychological Review, 108, 814-834.
Haidt, J., & Graham, J. (2007). When morality opposes justice: Conservatives have moral intuitions that liberals may not recognize. Social Justice Research, 20, 98-116.
Wheatley, T., & Haidt, J. (2005). Hypnotically induced disgust makes moral judgments more severe. Psychological Science, 16, 780-784.

Other Publications:

Haidt, J. (2003). Elevation and the positive psychology of morality. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp. 275-289). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Haidt, J. (2003). The moral emotions. In R. J. Davidson, K. R. Scherer, & H. H. Goldsmith (Eds.), Handbook of affective sciences (pp. 852-870). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Haidt, J., & Bjorklund, F. (in press). Social intuitionists answer six questions about moral psychology. In W. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.), Moral Psychology.
Rozin, P., Haidt, J., & McCauley, C. (2000). Disgust. In M. Lewis & J. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of emotions (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Moral Development
Social Psychology

Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Introduction to Psychology

Moral Development
Social Psychology

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