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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 cognition

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Date of first publication

2007

Is part of series

Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral";163

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Baumert, Anna
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Gollwitzer, Mario
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Schmitt, Manfred
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:11:45Z
  • Made available on
    2007-01-23
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:30:25Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:11:45Z
  • Date of first publication
    2007
  • 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.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-8953
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/384
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9269
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral", Nr. 163, ISSN 1430-1148
  • Is part of series
    Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral";163
  • Keyword(s)
    Soziale Wahrnehmung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gerechtigkeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gerechtigkeitsempfinden
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gerechtigkeitsgefühl
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Justice Sensitivity
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    allocation principles
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    belief in a just world
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    social cognition
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Cognitive Processes Involved in Justice Sensitivity: Selective Information Search
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok
  • Visible tag(s)
    Berichte der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral"