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severity effect: a standalone construct

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Legal psychology

people assigning more responsibility for an accident as its consequences become more serious.

In legal psychology, severity effect refers to people assigning more responsibility for an accident as its consequences become more serious. This meaning comes from Walster (1966) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Walster, E. (1966). Assignment of responsibility for an accident. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022733

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