“…Finally, most of the experiments are not designed to test basic theoretical issues (for some exceptions, see K. L. Dion & Dion, 1987;Ellard & Bates, 1990;Hafer, 2000aHafer, , 2000bHafer, , 2002cKaruza & Carey, 1984;Schmitt, 1991) but are instead attempts to apply the existing knowledge of just-world theory to different types of targets. The most frequent goal in this vein has been to apply previous research on responses to victims to help understand reactions to different victim groups (e.g., Hergovich, Ratky, & Stollreiter, 2003;Kerr, Bull, MacCoun, & Rathborn, 1985;Luginbuhl & Mullin, 1981;Murphy-Berman & Berman, 1990;Murphy-Berman, Sullivan, & Berman, 1993;Murray & Stahly, 1987;Schuller et al, 1994;Sheridan, Gillett, Davies, Blaauw, & Patel, 2003;Sherman, Smith, & Cooper, 1982Triplet, 1992;Triplet & Sugarman, 1987;Villemur & Hyde, 1983;Whatley & Riggio, 1993).…”