Immune Neglect: A Source of Durability Bias in Affective Forecasting

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 617-638

  Gilbert, Daniel T ^a   Wilson, Timothy D ^b   Pinel, Elizabeth C ^b   Blumberg, Stephen J ^b   Wheatley, Thalia P ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032159427     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.617     Document Type: Article

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