When misfortunes befall a person, others sometimes think the victim of circumstances deserved what happened. One reason put forth to explain why someone would think like that has been called the mere exposure effect. deindividuation. the just-world hypothesis. the hindsight bias.

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Cindy Gilmore

13 July, 14:27

When misfortunes befall a person, others sometimes think the victim of circumstances deserved what happened. One reason put forth to explain why someone would think like that has been called the mere exposure effect. deindividuation. the just-world hypothesis. the hindsight bias.

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the just-world hypothesis

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When misfortunes befall a person, others sometimes think the victim of circumstances deserved what happened. One reason put forth to explain why someone would think like that has been called the just-world hypothesis.

The just-world hypothesis is the idea that people need to believe one will get what one deserves so strongly that they will rationalize an inexplicable injustice by naming things the victim might have done to deserve it.