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| Culpable states of mind: Culpable states of mind, in psychology and law, refer to mental states indicating criminal intent or responsibility. Examples include knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally engaging in illegal actions. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Cultural Psychology on Culpable States of Mind - Dictionary of Arguments
Parisi I 142 Culpable States of Mind/cultural psychology/Nadler/Mueller: In a cross-cultural study, assessments of state of mind differed strongly across harm vignettes (...); nevertheless, in three out of four scenarios, people's inferences did not comport well Parisi I 143 with MPC (Model Penal Code) categories (Levinson, 2005)(1). Cultural differences: Interestingly, in this study, Chinese participants systematically inferred greater state of mind culpability than American participants. Other research has suggested that collectivist cultures, including the Chinese, give more weight to situational factors than dispositional factors when explaining behavior (e.g., Morris and Peng, 1994)(2); however, these studies do not specifically assess perceptions of culpability or responsibility. >Culpable states of mind/Social psychology. 1. Levinson, Justin D. (2005). "Mentally Misguided: How State of Mind Inquiries Ignore Psychological Reality and Overlook Cultural Differences." Howard LJ 49: 1. 2. Morris, Michael W. and Kaiping Peng (1994). "Culture and Cause: American and Chinese Attributions for Social and Physical Events." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67(6):949 Nadler, Janice and Pam A. Mueller. „Social Psychology and the Law“. In: Parisi, Francesco (ed) (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. Vol 1: Methodology and Concepts. NY: Oxford University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cultural Psychology Parisi I Francesco Parisi (Ed) The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics: Volume 1: Methodology and Concepts New York 2017 |
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