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When Bad (Good) Things Happen to Good (Bad) People: The Impact of Character Appraisal and Perceived Controllability on Judgments of Deservingness
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lupfer, Michael B. Gingrich, Bryan E. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | When third parties judge the deservingness of outcomes experienced by others, what role does their appraisal of others' character play in their judgments? Two experiments examined this question by locating it within the framework of Feather's (1994a) theoretical analysis of deservingness. In both experiments, participants read 16 stories in which (a) people of good or bad character (b) experienced positive or negative outcomes in events (c) over which they had high or low control, then rated the extent to which each outcome was deserved. All three factors were found to affect ratings of deservingness, but the dominant influence was the Valence of Character × Valence of Outcome interaction. Outcomes were judged to be deserved when the valences attached to actors' character and their outcomes were congruent (either ++ or −−) and undeserved when the valences were incongruent (either +− or −+). Most of the results supported Feather's formulations and, in addition, suggested how people integrate several perceptions into a composite judgment of deservingness. |
| Starting Page | 165 |
| Ending Page | 188 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1023/A:1022189200464 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1023/A:1022189200464 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1022189200464 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
