How do we assign punishment? The impact of minimal and maximal standards on the evaluation of deviants

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1213-1224

  Kessler, Thomas ^a   Neumann, Jörg ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a   Berthold, Anne ^a   Schubert, Thomas ^b   Waldzus, Sven ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

absolute and graded evaluation; deviant behavior; justice; minimal and maximal standards; moral decision; punishment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TORTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PILOT PROJECTS; PUNISHMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; TORTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956240877     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210380603     Document Type: Article

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