From sucker to saint: moralization in response to self-threat

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 809-815

  Jordan, Alexander H ^a   Monin, Benoît ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50249183985     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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