POL_S 428 Lecture 7: Poly Sci 428 lecture 7
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Number 13 is true low cognitive complexity relies on morals : high cognitive complexity relies more on information. The need to see victims as the recipients of their just deserts can be explained by what psychologists call the just world hypothesis. Widespread tendency to believe that victims of misfortune deserve what happens to them. According to the hypothesis, people have a strong desire or need to believe that the world is an orderly, predictable, and just place, where people get what they deserve. Such a belief plays an important function in our lives since in order to plan our lives or achieve our goals we need to assume that our actions will have predictable consequences. When we encounter evidence suggesting that the world is not just, we quickly act to restore justice by helping the victim or we persuade ourselves that no injustice has occurred.
