Learning about what others were doing: Verb aspect and attributions of mundane and criminal intent for past actions

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Hart, William ^a   Albarracín, Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

agency; attribution; intentionality; language; mentalizing; social cognition; thought

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

CONCEPT FORMATION; CRIME; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 79952048511     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610395393     Document Type: Article

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