Giving advice or making decisions in someone else's place: The influence of impression, defense, and accuracy motivation on the search for new information

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 977-990

  Jonas, Eva ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^b   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advisor decision maker interactions; Confirmation bias; Defense, accuracy, and impression motivation; Information search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 22144480315     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204274095     Document Type: Article

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