Are we more moral than we think?: Exploring the role of affect in moral behavior and moral forecasting

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-558

  Teper, Rimma ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^a   Page Gould, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective forecasting; emotion; moral action; moral forecasting; moral psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954524177     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611402513     Document Type: Article

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