Expanding our Vocabulary – The Just World Hypothesis

We often have underlying beliefs that the world is in balance, that good will be rewarded and bad will be punished.  This is pervasive in our societal outlook, but it may be a cognitive bias.

Writeup on the Just World Hypothesis - https://effectiviology.com/just-world/

Lerner’s studies https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fh0023562

Meritocracy article - https://medium.com/@tanya_64634/meritocracy-a-prescient-warning-4b23f0bbbd3f

The Hays code - https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/

SNL alternate ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A

Quotes explained - https://quotesexplained.com/god-does-not-play-dice-albert-einstein/

Joker - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456

The Fundamental Attribution Error - https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-vocabulary-%e2%80%93-fundamental-attribution-error/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

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Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/