The effects of justice motivation on memory for self- and other-relevant events

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-623

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Davidenko, Nicolas ^c   Ellard, John H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Justice motivation; Motivated cognition; Motivated memory; Reconstructive memory; Selective memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650721085     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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