Less Power or Powerless? Egocentric Empathy Gaps and the Irony of Having Little Versus No Power in Social Decision Making

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1136-1149

  Handgraaf, Michel J J ^a   Van Dijk, Eric ^b   Vermunt, Riël C ^b   Wilke, Henk A M ^b   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fairness; power; self interest; social utility; ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MORALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349144643     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.5.1136     Document Type: Article

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