Disgust sensitivity is associated with harsher judgments of which category of moral infractions?

• A. Purity-Related Violations
• B. Lying About Hours
• C. Stealing Office Supplies
• D. Not Tipping a Server

Answer: (A)

Disgust sensitivity influences moral judgments most strongly toward purity-related violations, because disgust evolved to signal contamination and boundary violations that threaten bodily integrity and sacred norms. When someone is highly sensitive to disgust, they tend to condemn acts that involve impurity, contamination, or defilement more harshly. In this question, purity-related violations are the category that best fits that pattern.

Lying about hours taps into deception and trust, tying more to honesty/fairness concerns. Not tipping a server relates to social norms of reciprocity and fairness, not contamination concerns. Stealing office supplies involves property rights and rule-breaking, again not primarily about disgust-driven purity.