Sadness and susceptibility to judgmental bias: The case of anchoring

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 320-323

  Bodenhausen, Galen V ^a   Gabriel, Shira ^b   Lineberger, Megan ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; STEREOTYPING; THINKING;

EID: 0034231872     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00263     Document Type: Article

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