Perceived intentionality intensifies blameworthiness of negative behaviors: Blame-praise asymmetry in intensification effect 1

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-110

  Ohtsubo, Yohsuke ^a,b  

^a NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attribution of responsibility; Folk theory of mind and behavior; Intensification effect; Intentionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547244660     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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