An information processing view of framing effects: The role of causal schemas in decision making

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Jou, Jerwen ^a   Shanteau, James ^b   Harris, Richard Jackson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030070892     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03197268     Document Type: Article

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