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Direct linkOppenheimer, Louis – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
The hypothesis guiding this study stated that just world beliefs (i.e., the belief that the world is orderly and just) are primitive beliefs that lose their importance across age as they become replaced by more sophisticated forms of reasoning enabling individuals to handle a world that is neither orderly nor just. In addition, just world beliefs…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, World Views, Justice
