Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions An Attributional Approach Book

	Preface
	Prologue
1	A Theory of Social Motivation and Justice: Logic and Development	1
	The Role of Metaphors	3
	Achievement Evaluation	5
	Reactions to the Stigmatized	16
	A Theoretical Integration	20
	Help Giving	22
	Compliance With Others in Power	25
	Aggression	29
	Including Responsibility and Differentiating It From Control and Intent	32
	A Preliminary Theory of Social Conduct	33
	The Role of Emotion	34
	A More Complete Theory of Social Behavior	38
	Additional Comments About Responsibility and Emotions	39
	Summary	42
2	Testing the Theory and Incorporating Cultural and Individual Differences	44
	The Motivation Sequence	45
	Meta-Analyses of Help Giving and Aggression	47
	Cultural Differences	65
	Individual Differences	68
	Characteristics of the Theory	79
	Summary	84
3	The Moral Emotions and Creating Positive Moral Impressions	86
	Identifying the Moral Emotions	87
	On Creating Positive Moral Impressions	97
	Arrogance and Envy; Modesty and Admiration	98
	Impression Formation and Excuses	106
	Confession	113
	Final Thoughts on Account Giving	121
	Summary	122
4	Reward and Punishment	124
	Reward as an Inhibitor of Motivation and Punishment as a Positive Motivator	126
	The Goals of Punishment	134
	Punishment Goals From an Attributional Perspective	138
	Consequences of Anticipated Reward and Threat of Punishment on Judgments of Responsibility	150
	Summary	157
5	A Visit to the Courtroom Settings: Is the Theory Useful?	160
	The Classroom as a Courtroom	161
	The Mentally Ill and Others Stigmatized in the Courtroom of Life	165
	Spouses in the Courtroom	171
	Businesses in the Courtroom	174
	Aggressors and Their Victims in the Courtroom of Life	176
	Summary	185
	Epilogue	187
	The Positives	189
	The Negatives	190
	Theoretical Longevity	191
	A Naive or a Scientific Theory?	193
	What Next?	194
	References	197
	Author Index	213