A social contract model of ‘disintegrity’ within the dual-process paradigm of moral psychology: Reducing the scope of the ‘belief-behavior incongruity’

Explaining why students cheat when it violates their moral beliefs, also called the ‘belief-behavior incongruity’ (BBI), is a difficult challenge most often overcome by referring to neutralization techniques, first described by Sykes and Matza (1957), whereby individuals deceive themselves with spec...

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Authors: Kramer, A. (Author) ; Scherpbier-de Haan, N.D. (Author) ; Loon, K. van (Author) ; Laar, F. A. van de (Author)
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Language:English
In: Huisarts en wetenschap
Year: 7
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