Browsing by Author "Bayrak, Fatih"
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All the Dark Triad and some of the Big Five traits are visible in the face
Authors:Alper, Sinan; Bayrak, Fatih; Yilmaz, Onurcan
Publisher and Date:(Pergamon-Elsevıer Scıence Ltd, 2021)Some of the recent studies suggested that people can make accurate inferences about the level of the Big Five and the Dark Triad personality traits in strangers by only looking at their faces. However, later findings provided only partial support and the evidence is mixed regarding which traits can be accurately inferred from faces. In the current research, to provide further evidence on whether the Big Five and the Dark Triad traits are visible in the face, we report three studies, two of which ...
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Do changes in threat salience predict the moral content of sermons? The case of Friday Khutbas in Turkey
Authors:Alper, Sinan; Bayrak, Fatih; Us, Elif Öykü; Yilmaz, Onurcan
Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2020)We analyzed the content of "Friday Khutbas" delivered in Turkish mosques between January 2001 and December 2018 to test the prediction of moral foundations theory (MFT) literature that threat salience would lead to an increased endorsement of binding moral foundations. As societal-level indicators of threat, we examined (a) historical data on the proportion of terrorism-related news published in a Turkish newspaper, (b) the geopolitical risk score of Turkey as measured by Geopolitical Risk Index, ...
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Psychological correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and preventive measures: Evidence from Turkey
COVID-19 pandemic has led to popular conspiracy theories regarding its origins and widespread concern over the level of compliance with preventive measures. In the current preregistered research, we recruited 1088 Turkish participants and investigated (a) individual differences associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs; (2) whether such conspiracy beliefs are related to the level of preventive measures; and (3) other individual differences that might be related to the preventive measures. Higher ...