In defense of the personal/impersonal distinction in moral psychology research: Cross-cultural validation of the dual process model of moral judgment

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-195

  Moore, Adam B ^a   Lee, N Y Louis ^b   Clark, Brian A M ^c   Conway, Andrew R A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dual process model; Ex Gaussian method; Moral judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955770608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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