Effect of induced level of confidence on college students' performance on a cognitive test

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Zorkina, Yuliya ^a   Nalbone, David P ^b,c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

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