Devaluation of innocent victims: An attribution analysis within the just world paradigm.

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Previous explanations for devaluation of victims have focused on observers' need to believe in a just world. An attribution analysis suggested that negative characterological information inadvertently conveyed by experimental manipulations could account for previously observed devaluation. This analysis led to the prediction that relative to victims who appear extrinsically motivated by experimental pressure, similar victims who appear intrinsically motivated by the worth of the study should not be devalued. In an experiment with 56 female undergraduates, a comparison between 2 extrinsic motivation conditions conceptually replicating a study by M. J. Lerner and C. H. Simmons (see record 1966-11086-001) and 2 intrinsic motivation conditions revealed that only extrinsically motivated victims were devalued. Implications of these results for attribution vs just world explanations of devaluation are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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