Value Judgments and the True Self

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-216

  Newman, George E ^a   Bloom, Paul ^a   Knobe, Joshua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; authenticity; moral reasoning; positivity bias; psychological essentialism; true self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTION; AUTHENTICITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORAL REASONING; MORALITY; POSITIVITY BIAS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUE SELF;

ATTRIBUTION; AUTHENTICITY; MORAL REASONING; POSITIVITY BIAS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM; TRUE SELF;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84892400256     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213508791     Document Type: Article

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