1965
DOI: 10.1037/h0021806
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Evaluation of performance as a function of performer's reward and attractiveness.

Abstract: Ss in this experiment observed 2 people working together at an anagrams task. Ss were told, at the outset, that 1 of the 2 workers was selected by chance to be paid a sizable amount of money for his efforts whereas the other worker was to get nothing. Ss also learned that both workers, though ignorant of their fate, had agreed to do their best. In addition, the 2 workers differed in attractiveness for the Ss-one was considerably more attractive than the other. The major hypotheses of the study were confirmed. … Show more

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“…The virtue justice is associated with aspects that promote a fair life and the belief that rewards are distributed based on people's contributions or the merit that have or deserve (Peter son & Seligman, 2004). These results are in line with the findings drawn from Lerner's (1965Lerner's ( , 1998 theory of a just world, which was applied in a sample with similar socio-demographic characteristics (Zubieta & Ba rreiro, 2012). This model suggests that the world is a fair place and people have what they deserve.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…The virtue justice is associated with aspects that promote a fair life and the belief that rewards are distributed based on people's contributions or the merit that have or deserve (Peter son & Seligman, 2004). These results are in line with the findings drawn from Lerner's (1965Lerner's ( , 1998 theory of a just world, which was applied in a sample with similar socio-demographic characteristics (Zubieta & Ba rreiro, 2012). This model suggests that the world is a fair place and people have what they deserve.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979) found that students with strong opinions about the death penalty, when exposed to research evidence on both sides of the issue, accepted evidence supporting their prior belief uncritically, while subjecting opposing evidence to much greater scrutiny. Lerner's (1965) "just world" hypothesis stated that people have a need to believe that they live in a world where people generally get what they deserve. People who suffer for no reason are a threat to this belief, so participants adjusted their moral judgments, derogating or blaming innocent victims (Lerner & Miller, 1978).…”
Section: ) the Dual Process Problem: There Is A Ubiquitous And Undermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This idea is distinct from-but related to-the view that moral judgment is largely motivated by the need to evaluate other persons, which allows people to navigate their social environment in more adaptive ways (3,13,14). Another possible source of moral motivations is a broader "justice motive" (15,16), which drives people to correct moral transgressions and to seek equity and fairness. The moral dyads theory (17,18) offers a different perspective, suggesting that people alter or distort incoming moral information to cohere with a cognitive template that describes people's prototypical views of moral situations.…”
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confidence: 99%