Hoping, performing, learning, and predicting: Changes in the accuracy of self-evaluations of performance

Human Performance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-49

  Radhakrishnan, Phanikiran ^a,b   Arrow, Holly ^a   Sniezek, Janet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 3042896371     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup0901_2     Document Type: Article

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