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Differential use of person information in decisions about guilt versus innocence: The role of implicit theories.

Authors :
Gervey, Benjamin M.
Chiu, Chi-yue
Hong, Ying-yi
Dweck, Carol S.
Source :
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin; Jan99, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p17, 11p, 2 Graphs
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Examines how potentially trait-relevant information might influence the decision making of entity versus incremental theorists. Role of implicit theories; Methodology; Implicit theories of moral character that predict the degree to which people will make global morality inferences from limited information; Dependent measures.

Subjects

Subjects :
DECISION making
GUILT (Psychology)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01461672
Volume :
25
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
1414437
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167299025001002