Culpable control and counterfactual reasoning in the psychology of blame

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1371-1381

  Alicke, Mark D ^a   Buckingham, Justin ^b   Zell, Ethan ^a   Davis, Teresa ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame; Causation; Counterfactual; Culpability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

COGNITION; CRIME VICTIMS; GUILT; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLITION;

EID: 51049090801     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208321594     Document Type: Article

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