one experiment about this effect showed that when a woman's actions lead to a marriage proposal, she is described as a good person, but when those same actions are seen leading to a rape, she is described as a bad person.
A 1996 experiment by William F. Brewer showed that this effect can influence a person's opinion about whether or not a story is complete or coherent; that experiment involved a tale about a woman swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar. A 1980 article by Ronald Clyman observed this effect among healthcare providers, while Deborah Fein observed this effect among nine year old children. Rubin and Peplau devised a scale to measure how pronounced this effect is in an individual. Deborah Fein observed this effect among nine year old children. A 1971 experiment on this effect involved the draft lottery and showed that camaraderie did not stop this effect. Another experiment on this effect showed that a woman's perceived attractiveness decreases when she is shown being electrocuted. First documented by Melvin Lerner, one experiment about this effect showed that when a woman's actions lead to a marriage proposal, she is described as a good person, but when those same actions are seen leading to a rape, she is described as a bad person. For ten points, name this cognitive bias where people make unfair attributions out of a desire to believe that that life is fair.
A 1996 experiment by William F. Brewer showed that this effect can influence a person's opinion about whether or not a story is complete or coherent; that experiment involved a tale about a woman swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar.
{Just World} Effect [accept: {Just World Hypothesis}, {Just World Fallacy}, {Just World Phenomenon}]