Fig 1.
Flow chart of Study 1 switched-at-birth vignettes and condition assignment.
Scenarios with good, bad, or neutral genes were randomly paired with good, bad, or neutral environments for a total of nine possible conditions. All participants received the same transition and transgression.
Fig 2.
Participants’ average ratings (ranging from 1 to 4) of how much the perpetrator (a) desired to commit the transgression; (b) could have instead decided to act nicely; (c) had a positive character; (d) deserved punishment. Error bars represent standard errors of the mean.
Fig 3.
Flow chart of Study 2 switched-at-birth vignettes and condition assignment.
Scenarios with good or bad genes were randomly paired with either good or bad environments and then randomly assigned to either the harm or purity violation, resulting in a total of eight possible conditions. Every participant received the same transition.
Fig 4.
Participants’ average ratings (ranging from 1 to 4) of how much the perpetrator (a) desired to commit the transgression; (b) could have instead decided to act nicely; (c) had a positive character; (d) deserved punishment. Error bars represent standard errors of the mean.
Fig 5.
Flow chart of Study 3 switched-at-birth vignettes and condition assignment.
Scenarios with good or bad genes were randomly paired with either good or bad environments and then randomly assigned to either the Direct Harm or No Direct Harm condition, resulting in a total of eight possible combinations. All participants received the same transition.
Fig 6.
Participants’ average ratings (ranging from 1 to 4) of how much the perpetrator (a) desired to commit the transgression; (b) could have instead decided to act nicely; (c) had a positive character; (d) deserved punishment. Error bars represent standard errors of the mean.