A prototype analysis of forgiveness

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 838-855

  Kearns, Jill N ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept definition; Forgiveness; Lay conceptions; Prototype analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 3042674189     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264237     Document Type: Review

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