Moral Typecasting: Divergent Perceptions of Moral Agents and Moral Patients

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-520

  Gray, Kurt ^a   Wegner, Daniel M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; judgment; morality; perception; reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORALITY; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME VICTIMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649158365     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013748     Document Type: Article

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