The Relationship between Expertise and Evaluative Extremity: The Moderating Role of Experts' Task Characteristics

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-18

  Brauer, Markus ^a,b   Niedenthal, Paula M ^a   Chambres, Patrick ^a   Chatard Pannetier, Angélique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1642537603     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.1.5     Document Type: Article

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