Striped Bass and Other Morone Culture (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Equity and Justice in Social Behavior 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Contributors 10
Foreword 12
REFERENCES 19
Preface 20
Acknowledgments 24
Chapter 1. The Justice Concept in Social Psychology 28
I. INTRODUCTION 29
II. INITIAL THEORETICAL STATEMENTS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 38
III. RECENT THEORETICAL STATEMENTS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 43
IV. SOME FOCAL ISSUES 53
V. CONCLUSION 61
REFERENCES 62
Chapter 2. Individual Differences in Justice Behavior 70
I. INTRODUCTION 70
II. SEX DIFFERENCES IN JUSTICE BEHAVIOR 73
III. OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES: AGE AND NATIONALITY 81
IV. PERSONALITY VARIABLES AND JUSTICE BEHAVIOR 86
V. EXPLAINING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN JUSTICE BEHAVIOR 89
VI. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS 97
REFERENCES 98
Chapter 3. Justice and the Awareness of Social Entities 104
I. TACIT AND FOCAL AWARENESS 104
II. AWARENESS OF THE OTHER 112
III. AWARENESS OF THE SELF 118
IV. AWARENESS OF THE GROUP 127
V. CONCLUSIONS 135
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 138
REFERENCES 138
Chapter 4. Perceiving Justice: An Attributional Perspective 146
I. INTRODUCTION 146
II. ATTRIBUTIONS OF CAUSE AND RESPONSIBILITY 147
III. THE ROLE OF ATTRIBUTIONS IN JUSTICE 156
IV. CONCLUSION 177
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 180
REFERENCES 180
Chapter 5. Equity in Attitude Formation and Change 188
I. ATTITUDINAL IMPLICATIONS OF INEQUITY 189
II. BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS OF INEQUITY 206
III. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 209
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 210
REFERENCES 210
Chapter 6. Effects of Conformity Pressure on Justice Behavior 214
I. INTRODUCTION 214
II. NORMS, CONFORMITY, AND JUSTICE 216
III. ELASTICITY OF THE DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE CALCULUS 220
IV. FACILITATING AND IMPEDING JUSTICE 231
V. EPILOGUE 238
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 239
REFERENCES 239
Chapter 7. Moral Evaluation in Intimate Relationships 244
I. INTRODUCTION 244
II. THE NATURE OF INTIMACY 247
III. FAIRNESS IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS 256
IV. FAIRNESS IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS 261
V. FAIRNESS IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS 275
VI. CONCLUDING COMMENT 281
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 281
REFERENCES 282
Chapter 8. Prosocial Behavior, Equity, and Justice 288
I. SHARING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION: DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE 289
II. REDRESSING INEQUITY: COMPENSATORY HELPING 308
III. REDRESSING INEQUITY: PROSOCIAL RECIPROCITY 317
IV. PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 327
REFERENCES 330
Chapter 9. Aggression and Inequity 336
I. INTRODUCTION 336
II. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EQUITY THEORY 336
III. THE APPLICATION OF EQUITY THEORY TO AGGRESSOR-VICTIM RELATIONSHIPS 339
IV. BEYOND EQUITY THEORY 351
V. A CONCLUDING NOTE 355
REFERENCES 356
Chapter 10. Equity and Social Exchange 364
I. EQUITY 365
II. SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY 374
III. EQUITY AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE 389
IV. THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EQUITY 396
V. CONCLUSION 409
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 410
REFERENCES 410
Chapter 11. Approaching Equity and Avoiding Inequity in Groups and Organizations 416
I. PROLOGUE 416
II. REACTIVE AVOIDANCE OF INEQUITY 418
III. PROACTIVE APPROACHING OF EQUITY 438
IV. EPILOGUE 453
REFERENCES 453
Chapter 12. Why Justice? Normative and Instrumental Interpretations 464
I. INTRODUCTION 464
II. JUSTICE AS NORMATIVE 465
III. JUSTICE AS INSTRUMENTAL 481
IV. SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 490
V. SUMMARY 492
REFERENCES 493
Author Index 498
Subject Index 514