Implicit theories and conceptions of morality

• Main Authors: CHIU, Chi-Yue, DWECK, Carol S., TONG, Jennifer Yuk-Yue, FU, Ho-Ying
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1997
• Subjects: fixed vs individually malleable reality beliefs & social morality; adults (mean age 19.86 yrs); Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/285; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1284/viewcontent/Chiu_Dweck_Tong_Fu_JPSP1997.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this article, the authors propose that individuals' moral beliefs are linked to their implicit theories about the nature (i.e., malleability) of their social-moral reality. Specifically, it was hypothesized that when individuals believe in a fixed reality (entity theory), they tend to hold m...