PSYC 1002 Lecture 15: March 28 2017
28 Mar 2017
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Reading speed was slower for the justice-related words in the innocent condition (compared to the other three conditions) Not innocent normal slower normal: belief in a just world is threatened when bad things happen to innocent people. Study two: same as study one manipulate identity of child, (ypothesis: a victim from (cid:498)our group(cid:499) is more threatening than a victim from an, e. x. Ingroup (portuguese) vs. outgroup (gypsy) outgroup (care more about people from ingroup: a 2 (innocence) by 2 (group) design. Results ingroup identification (of a victim) produced a threat to bjw regardless of the. Reading speed slower for justice-related words in the ingroup condition than in the. If the victim is specifically part of our ingroup, then our bjw may be threatened regardless of the victim"s innocence. (cid:523)regardless of the victim"s innocence: explaining other people"s behaviour(can be dispositional or situational) outgroup member is always guilty.
