Green, D. W., McClelland, A., Muckli, L. and Simmons, C. (1999) Arguments and deontic decisions. Acta Psychologica, 101(1), pp. 27-47. (doi: 10.1016/S0001-6918(98)00043-2)
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Abstract
Three experiments examined deontic decisions about issues such as the amount of fine a restaurant should pay given an instance of food poisoning. Experiment 1 showed that a presented but unendorsed reason affected such a deontic decision relative to a condition in which individuals generated a single reason for their decision. Experiment 2 demonstrated that the effect of a presented but unendorsed reason was reduced when it was explicitly rebutted. Experiment 3 confirmed that deontic decisions vary as function of the relationship between successive, explicitly presented, arguments. Regression analyses of the decision data in the three experiments showed that cognitive reasons were always an important source of explained variance and that sympathy for the victim was especially relevant when decisions involved a crime against the person.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Muckli, Professor Lars |
| Authors: | Green, D. W., McClelland, A., Muckli, L., and Simmons, C. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience College of Science and Engineering > School of Psychology |
| Journal Name: | Acta Psychologica |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0001-6918 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-6297 |
| Published Online: | 19 October 1999 |
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