Belief in a just world and altruistic behavior.

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3 experiments tested the hypothesis that in a time of need those who believe in a just world tend to behave in an altruistic way to make themselves more deserving. Using a paper-and-pencil test by Z. Rubin and A. Peplau, a total of 217 undergraduates were divided at the median of their Belief in a Just World scores. Results show that before exams students who believed more in a just world (a) volunteered more to serve as Ss in experiments, (b) were more willing to serve as readers for a blind student, and (c) agreed more to participate in a 1-hr study after having already completed an experiment requirement in an introductory psychology course. Results indicate that in a time of a need, those who believed in a just world behaved more deservingly even though the deserving behavior (i.e., helping others) did not lead in any obvious way to the satisfaction of the need (i.e., doing well on the exam). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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