Construction of preferences by constraint satisfaction

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 331-336

  Simon, Dan ^a   Krawczyk, Daniel C ^b   Holyoak, Keith J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 2542562782     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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