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In this chapter, Guillermina Jasso points out that Foa’s six resource classes play many parts, as inputs and outcomes, in the postulates and predictions of all social sciences. Factorial survey methods allow rigorous analysis of the two corresponding types of “equations inside the head” – the positive-belief equations and the normative-judgment equations – together with the determinants and consequences of those beliefs and judgments. Jasso’s chapter presents a brief guide for using factorial survey methods to explore the resources, theoretical processes, and predictions of SRT. She points out that here is a growing body of research that examines individual-specific ideas about the determination of goods and bads (e.g., earnings and prison sentences) – both actual determination and just determination, formalized as actual reward functions and just reward functions. Jasso maintains that some of the applications discussed in the chapter require only minor modification to existing research protocols and that factorial survey methods may help accelerate progress in understanding goods, bads, and the Foa resources.
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Jasso, G. (2012). Factorial Survey Methods for Studying Goods, Bads, and the Foa Resources. In: Törnblom, K., Kazemi, A. (eds) Handbook of Social Resource Theory. Critical Issues in Social Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4175-5_27
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