The perseverance effect in the debriefing paradigm: Replication and extension

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-240

  McFarland, Cathy ^a   Cheam, Adeline ^a   Buehler, Roger ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debriefing; False feedback; Self perception; The perseverance effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847262613     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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