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Do innocent victims threaten the belief in a just world? Evidence from a modified Stroop task

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ID6201889
AuthorsCarolyn L Hafer (0000-0003-0684-4434, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume79
Issue2
Pages165-173
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.79.2.165
OpenAlexW4237617014
LanguageEN
Citations received97

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Just-world hypothesis · Poison control · Stroop effect · Task (project management) · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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