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ADVANCES IN
Experimental Social Psychology
VOLUME 34
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ADVANCES IN
Experimental Social Psychology
EDITED BY
MARK P. ZANNA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA
VOLUME 34
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CONTENTS
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Uncertainty Management by Means of Fairness Judgments Kees van den Bos and E. Allan Lind I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncertainty in Social Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairness Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncertainty and the Why of Fairness Judgments: Uncertainty Enhances Concerns for Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncertainty and the How of Fairness Judgments, Part 1: Information Uncertainty Leads to Substitution Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncertainty and the How of Fairness Judgments, Part 2: Uncertainty