People focus on optimistic scenarios and disregard pessimistic scenarios while predicting task completion times

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-182

  Newby Clark, Ian R ^a,d   Ross, Michael ^a   Koehler, Derek J ^a   Buehler, Roger ^b   Griffin, Dale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034266668     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.6.3.171     Document Type: Article

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