Transfer of Value From Fit

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1140-1153

  Tory Higgins, E ^a   Idson, Lorraine Chen ^c   Freitas, Antonio L ^b   Spiegel, Scott ^a   Molden, Daniel C ^a  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0043209626     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1140     Document Type: Article

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