Putting adjustment back in the anchoring and adjustment heuristic: Differential Processing of Self-Generated and Experimenter-Provided Anchors

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 391-396

  Epley, Nicholas ^a   Gilovich, Thomas ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035464133     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00372     Document Type: Article

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