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Exceptions to the Rule: The Effects of Remorse, Status, and Gender on Decision Making

Niedermeier, Keith E., Horowitz, Irwin A., Kerr, Norbert L. (2001) Exceptions to the Rule: The Effects of Remorse, Status, and Gender on Decision Making. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31 (3). pp. 604-623. ISSN 0021-9029. (doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02058.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:42449)

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Abstract

One of several general rules suggested by past work is that it is advantageous to exhibit remorse when one has committed a transgression. A pair of experiments searched for the boundary conditions of this rule. In Experiment 1, mock jurors rated a remorseful defendant as more guilty when the law was fair than when the law was unfair. In contrast, an unremorseful defendant was viewed as equally guilty under both fairness levels. Study 2 conceptually replicated this result, and revealed a 3-way interaction among remorse, status, and gender. It is argued that these findings illustrate the importance of violation of expectations on evaluation and judgment, inside the courtroom and elsewhere.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02058.x
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M.L. Barnoux
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2014 13:24 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42449 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Kerr, Norbert L..

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