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SUBMITTER: Keczer Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4985139 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keczer Zsolt Z File Bálint B Orosz Gábor G Zimbardo Philip G PG
PloS one 20160815 8
The psychological investigation of heroism is relatively new. At this stage, inductive methods can shed light on its main aspects. Therefore, we examined the social representations of Hero and Everyday Hero by collecting word associations from two separate representative samples in Hungary. We constructed two networks from these word associations. The results show that the social representation of Hero is more centralized and it cannot be divided into smaller units. The network of Everyday Hero ...[more]