Individual differences in decision processing and confidence judgments in comparative judgment tasks: The role of cognitive styles

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1701-1713

  Blais, Ann Renée ^a   Thompson, Megan M ^a   Baranski, Joseph V ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive styles; Confidence; Decision processing; Need for Cognition; Personal Fear of Invalidity; Personal Need for Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344342866     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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