Evidence for the Context Dependence of the Side-Effect Effect

In four experiments involving 565 German speakers we tested several hypotheses about possible determinants of the side-effect effect (see), which consists of judging foreseen bad, but not good, side-effects of actions as intentionally produced. Experiment 1 failed to find intentionality ascriptions...

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Authors: Lau, Stephan (Author) ; Reisenzein, Rainer 1956- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 267-293
Further subjects:B intentionality judgments moral reasoning scenario dependence side-effect effect
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