'Second Guessing' Important Events

Observer's reaction to the "innocent victim": Compassion or rejection?

Melvin J. Lerner, Carolyn H. Simmons · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1966 · 907 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +7

Assignment of responsibility for an accident.

Elaine Walster · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1966 · 781 citations

Engineering, Risk Management, Flood Risk Management +9

Evaluation of performance as a function of performer's reward and attractiveness.

Melvin J. Lerner · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1965 · 548 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +9

An empirical test of Heider's levels in attribution of responsibility.

Marvin E. Shaw, Jefferson L. Sulzer · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1964 · 188 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +9

A relation between heart rate and performance in children.

Hans O. Doerr, Jack E. Hokanson · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1965 · 14 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Pediatrics +8