Decision structuring in important real-life choices

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-325

  Galotti, Kathleen M ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 34247614663     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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