Transfer effects between moral dilemmas: A causal model theory

Cognition

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-43

  Wiegmann, Alex ^a   Waldmann, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogical mapping; Causal models; Moral dilemmas; Moral judgment; Transfer effects

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTUITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; FUME; LIKERT SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SHARK;

ANALOGICAL MAPPING; CAUSAL MODELS; MORAL DILEMMAS; MORAL JUDGMENT; TRANSFER EFFECTS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84892451607     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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