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dc.contributor.author	Banaji, Mahzarin
dc.contributor.author	Dweck, Carol S.
dc.contributor.author	Olson, Kristina R.
dc.contributor.author	Spelke, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author	Dunham, Yarrow
dc.contributor.author	Yarrow, Dunham
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-01T15:47:57Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.citation	Olson, Kristina R., Yarrow Dunham, Carol S. Dweck, Elizabeth S. Spelke, and Mahzarin R. Banaji. 2008. Judgments of the lucky across development and culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 94(5): 757-776.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0022-3514	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2886308
dc.description.abstract	For millennia, human beings have believed that it is morally wrong to judge others by the fortuitous or unfortunate events that befall them or by the actions of another person. Rather, an individual's own intended, deliberate actions should be the basis of his or her evaluation, reward, and punishment. In a series of studies, the authors investigated whether such rules guide the judgments of children. The first 3 studies demonstrated that children view lucky others as more likely than unlucky others to perform intentional good actions. Children similarly assess the siblings of lucky others as more likely to perform intentional good actions than the siblings of unlucky others. The next 3 studies demonstrated that children as young as 3 years believe that lucky people are nicer than unlucky people. The final 2 studies found that Japanese children also demonstrate a robust preference for the lucky and their associates. These findings are discussed in relation to M. J. Lerner's (1980) just-world theory and J. Piaget's (1932/1965) immanent-justice research and in relation to the development of intergroup attitudes.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Psychology	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	American Psychological Association	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.757	en
dc.relation.hasversion	http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~banaji/research/Publications/Pub_set.html
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dc.title	Judgments of the Lucky Across Development and Culture	en
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.description.version	Version of Record
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	en
dash.depositing.author	Banaji, Mahzarin
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