The domain specificity and generality of mental contamination: Accuracy and projection in judgments of mental content

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-302

  Sá, Walter C ^a   Stanovich, Keith E ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROJECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0035350025     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712601162194     Document Type: Article

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