Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 405-417

  Berglas, Steven ^a   Jones, Edward E ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

noncontingent success, performance inhibiting vs enhancement drug preferences, college students; retest ; soluble vs insoluble problem solving

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PLACEBOS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0017957104     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.36.4.405     Document Type: Article

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