The illusion of courage in social predictions: Underestimating the impact of fear of embarrassment on other people

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-141

  Van Boven, Leaf ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b   Dunning, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Decision making; Emotion; Empathy gaps; Judgment; Perspective taking; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044365757     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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