Attributionally More Complex People Show Less Punitiveness and Racism

• Main Authors: TAM, Kim-Pong, AU, Al, LEUNG, Angela K. Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Attributional complexity; Need for cognition; Gender; Punitiveness; Racism; Prejudice; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/540; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1539/viewcontent/AttributionallyComplexPeopleRacism_2008.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Based on past findings that attributionally more complex people make less fundamental attribution error, it was hypothesized that they would show less punitiveness and racism. In a study of 102 undergraduates, this hypothesis received robust support. The effect of attributional complexity was signif...