Testing discrepancy effects: A critique, a suggestion, and an illustration

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-303

  Zuckerman, Miron ^a   Gagné, Marylène ^b   Nafshi, Iris ^a   Knee, C Raymond ^c   Kieffer, Suzanne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036689735     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195457     Document Type: Article

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