Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ093403
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Publication Date: 1973
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Children's Reactions to Innocent Victims
Stein, Gerald M.
Child Development, 44, 4, 805-810, Dec 73
Fourth and fifth grade girls observed a reward, punishment, or neutral outcome to a game played by a person who chose to or was forced to play. Children, who observed the punished model, appreciated her lack of deservingness. Results were interpreted in terms of the just-world hypothesis. (ST)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Moral Development, Punishment, Reinforcement
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Identifiers: Just World Hypothesis; Modeling


