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A recent news story reported that when a newly engaged woman gave some change to a homeless man, her ring fell into his coin jar. After he proceeded to return it. he received a large sum of money in donations from people touched by the story. This is an example of

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Just-world hypothesis

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Just-world hypothesis is an assumption that belie that everything that happen in people's live is a direct consequences of their own action (If that people is doing good, those people will somehow be rewarded. If that people is doing bad, those people will somehow punished). This assumption is what probably influence the people to donate to the homeless man.

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