The Dark Side of Malleability: Incremental Theory Promotes Immoral Behaviors

The Dark Side of Malleability: Incremental Theory Promotes Immoral Behaviors

Implicit theories drastically affect an individual’s processing of social information, decision making, and action. The present research focuses on whether individuals who hold the implicit belief that people’s moral character is fixed (entity theorists) and individuals who hold the implicit belief...

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Main Authors: Niwen Huang, Shijiang Zuo, Fang Wang, Pan Cai, Fengxiang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
implicit theories
incremental theory
entity theory
immoral behavior
moral decisions
fundamental attribution error
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01341/full

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