Do situational expectations produce situational inferences? The role of future expectations in directing inferential goals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-555

  Lee, Fiona ^a   Hallahan, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035318427     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.80.4.545     Document Type: Article

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