Self-deceptive and failure to modulate responses despite accruing evidence of error

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-223

  Peterson, Jordan B ^a   DeYoung, Colin G ^a   Driver Linn, Erin ^b   Séguin, Jean R ^c   Higgins, Daniel M ^b   Arseneault, Louise ^d   Tremblay, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Perseveration; Response modulation; Self deception; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038686370     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00569-X     Document Type: Article

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