Cognitive Processes Involved in Justice Sensitivity: Selective Information Search
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Baumert, Anna
Gollwitzer, Mario
Schmitt, Manfred
Abstract / Description
Correlational studies have repeatedly shown that justice sensitivity is linked with stronger emotional and behavioral reactions following an unjust event. The cognitive processes that transmit these effects are still largely unknown. The present paper investigates whether people high in justice sensitivity differ from people low in justice sensitivity in how they select information when required to make a justice judgment. Ninety-six students read one of two
scenarios about an unfair allocation of money. Afterwards they were asked to pick from a list of questions that were relevant to only one of the scenarios. Participants high in justice sensitivity picked more relevant questions than people low in justice sensitivity. This effect does not reflect a motivated bias to detect injustice. Results suggest that a variable that we have named "selective information search' is part of the cognitive processes that transform
justice sensitivity into behavior.
Keyword(s)
Soziale Wahrnehmung Gerechtigkeit Gerechtigkeitsempfinden Gerechtigkeitsgefühl Justice Sensitivity allocation principles belief in a just world social cognitionPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2007
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Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral";163
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Baumert, Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Gollwitzer, Mario
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Schmitt, Manfred
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Made available on2007-01-23
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:11:45Z
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Date of first publication2007
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Abstract / DescriptionCorrelational studies have repeatedly shown that justice sensitivity is linked with stronger emotional and behavioral reactions following an unjust event. The cognitive processes that transmit these effects are still largely unknown. The present paper investigates whether people high in justice sensitivity differ from people low in justice sensitivity in how they select information when required to make a justice judgment. Ninety-six students read one of two scenarios about an unfair allocation of money. Afterwards they were asked to pick from a list of questions that were relevant to only one of the scenarios. Participants high in justice sensitivity picked more relevant questions than people low in justice sensitivity. This effect does not reflect a motivated bias to detect injustice. Results suggest that a variable that we have named "selective information search' is part of the cognitive processes that transform justice sensitivity into behavior.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-8953
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/384
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9269
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofBerichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral", Nr. 163, ISSN 1430-1148
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Is part of seriesBerichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral";163
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Keyword(s)Soziale Wahrnehmungde
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Keyword(s)Gerechtigkeitde
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Keyword(s)Gerechtigkeitsempfindende
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Keyword(s)Gerechtigkeitsgefühlde
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Keyword(s)Justice Sensitivityen
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Keyword(s)allocation principlesen
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Keyword(s)belief in a just worlden
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Keyword(s)social cognitionen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCognitive Processes Involved in Justice Sensitivity: Selective Information Searchen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok
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Visible tag(s)Berichte der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral"