Observer's reaction to the "innocent victim": Compassion or rejection?
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Just-world motivation is done by derogating the victim or perceiving them as dissimilar from oneself.
“This is done by derogating the victim or perceiving them as dissimilar from oneself, and therefore not subject to the fair processes that determine one's own life (Hafer & Bègue, 2005;Lerner & Simmons, 1966).”
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- Authors
- Lerner, M. J., & Simmons, C. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1966
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 203-210
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W1977676331
- Cited by
- 921
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 42 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 34 · 2012: 37
- FWCI
- 22.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- innocent victims, observer reactions, compassion, rejection, victim perceptions, moral judgment
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Cues, Electroshock, Emotions, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Perception, Reinforcement, Psychology
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