Research Data

Dataset for: Testing the intuitive retributivism hypothesis

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Rehren, Paul

Abstract / Description

Research on the motives individuals have to punish criminal offenders suggests that punitive reactions are primarily driven by retributive, not utilitarian, motives. To explain this, several authors have suggested a dual process model (DPM) of punitive reactions. According to this model, punitive reactions are the product of two distinct types of processing (type I and type II), which differentially support retributive vs. utilitarian punishment motives. In response to cases of criminal wrongdoing, type I swiftly outputs a retributive reaction. In contrast, for utilitarian motives to play a role, this reaction has to be overridden by type II processing, which only happens rarely. In this article, we argue that despite its popularity, there is little concrete evidence for the DPM. We then report the results of a preregistered study investigating the effect of increased processing effort on retributive vs. utilitarian punitive reactions. We argue that the results fail to support the DPM.
Dataset of: Rehren, P. & Zisman, V. (2022). Testing the Intuitive Retributivism Dual Process Model. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000461

Keyword(s)

retributivism utilitarianism punitive reactions dual process model processing depth

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2020-11-16

Publisher

PsychArchives

Is referenced by

Citation

Rehren, P. (2020). Dataset for: Testing the intuitive retributivism hypothesis [Data set]. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4357
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rehren, Paul
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2020-11-16T16:21:42Z
  • Made available on
    2020-11-16T16:21:42Z
  • Date of first publication
    2020-11-16
  • Abstract / Description
    Research on the motives individuals have to punish criminal offenders suggests that punitive reactions are primarily driven by retributive, not utilitarian, motives. To explain this, several authors have suggested a dual process model (DPM) of punitive reactions. According to this model, punitive reactions are the product of two distinct types of processing (type I and type II), which differentially support retributive vs. utilitarian punishment motives. In response to cases of criminal wrongdoing, type I swiftly outputs a retributive reaction. In contrast, for utilitarian motives to play a role, this reaction has to be overridden by type II processing, which only happens rarely. In this article, we argue that despite its popularity, there is little concrete evidence for the DPM. We then report the results of a preregistered study investigating the effect of increased processing effort on retributive vs. utilitarian punitive reactions. We argue that the results fail to support the DPM.
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  • Abstract / Description
    Dataset of: Rehren, P. & Zisman, V. (2022). Testing the Intuitive Retributivism Dual Process Model. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000461
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  • Review status
    unknown
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  • Sponsorship
    Open access publication was enabled by the European Research Council (ERC) project “The Enemy of the Good. Towards a Theory of Moral Progress” (grant number: 851043).
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  • Citation
    Rehren, P. (2020). Dataset for: Testing the intuitive retributivism hypothesis [Data set]. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4357
    en
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/3941
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4357
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is referenced by
    http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3479
  • Is referenced by
    https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000461
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3479
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000461
  • Keyword(s)
    retributivism
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  • Keyword(s)
    utilitarianism
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  • Keyword(s)
    punitive reactions
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  • Keyword(s)
    dual process model
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  • Keyword(s)
    processing depth
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Dataset for: Testing the intuitive retributivism hypothesis
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  • DRO type
    researchData
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