The morality of action: The asymmetry between judgments of praise and blame in the action-omission effect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-25

  Bostyn, Dries H ^a   Roets, Arne ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action effect; Casual appraisal; Moral cognition; Omission bias; Praise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949483875     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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