How do we judge personal control? Unconfounding contingency and reinforcement in control judgments

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Thompson, Suzanne C ^a   Nierman, Angela ^a   Schlehofer, Michèle M ^b   Carter, Erin ^a   Bovin, Michelle J ^b,c   Wurzman, Loryana ^a   Tauber, Peter ^a   Trifskin, Sharone ^b   Marks, Peter ^a   Sumner, Jennifer ^a   Jackson, Ashley ^a   Vonasch, Andrew ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249847814     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701331189     Document Type: Article

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