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The Effects of Type of Evidence and Favorability of Verdict on Perceptions of Justice 1
Author(s) -
Musante Linda
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1984.tb02251.x
Subject(s) - verdict , adjudication , psychology , social psychology , adversarial system , equity (law) , distributive justice , perception , context (archaeology) , economic justice , law , political science , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
This study examined the effect of type of evidence presented within an adversarial procedure on evaluations of pprocedural and distributive justice. Within the context of a simulated civil case, subjects were given supportive evidence that focused on either the legal aspects of the case or the extenuating circumstances surrounding the dispute. Following adjudication, subjects received either a favorable or an unfavorable verdict. Results revealed an evidential orientation by verdict interaction such that subjects with equity‐based evidence made more extreme evaluations of the verdict than did subjects whose evidence was legalistic in nature. These findings are discussed in terms of the hedonic relevance and disconfirmation of expectations possibly associated with equity evidence.