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1、CausationandCulpability1Causation,NormViolationandCulpableControlMarkD.AlickeOhioUniversityDavidRoseCarnegieMellonUniversityDoriBloomOhioUniversityCausationandCulpability2AcknowledgmentsWewouldliketothankJoshuaKnobeandLianeYoungfortheirhelpfulcommentsonanearlierdraftofthispaper.Caus
2、ationandCulpability3Causation,NormViolationandCulpableControlHumanbrainsdospectacularthings:Theysolvecomplexlogicalpuzzles,composesymphonicmasterpieces,conceivetechnologicalmarvels,andcreateenduringartworks,forstarters.Butbeforetheycanembarkontheseprodigies,humanbrainsmustachievesom
3、ethingthattheyshareincommonwithallbrains—theymustevaluateanddifferentiatewhichcreatures,objects,andconditionswillfacilitatetheirprospectsandwell-being,andwhichwilldothemharm.Evaluationisthemostfundamental1componentofhumanjudgmentandoneofthemostimportantcognitivecapacitiesforsurvival
4、.2Virtuallyallmeaningfulhumanactionsareautomaticallyevaluated.Theseevaluativereactionsintrudeonthejudgmentsandattributionsthatpeoplemakeabouttheirownandothers'behavior.So,whenpeoplemakefocaljudgmentsaboutthecomponentsofahumanact,suchaswhetheritcausedaparticularoutcome,whethertheoutc
5、omewasforeseenorforeseeable,whethertheactionwasintentionalorinvoluntary,andwhetherincapacitiesorsituationalconstraintsexcuseormitigateit,theyareinfluencedbytheirperipheralevaluativereactionstotheactor,theactor’sbehavior,or3theoutcomesthatensue.Asaresult,whenpeopleareaskedtoidentify,
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7、eautomaticactivationofattitudes.JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology,50,229-238.3Alicke,M.D.(1992).Culpablecausation.JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology63,368-378.Alicke,M.D.(2000).Culpablecontrolandthepsychologyofblame.PsychologicalBulletin,126,556-574.CausationandCulpabilit
8、y4primarycauseofane