A little learning is a dangerous thing: An experimental demonstration of ignorance-driven inference

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1329-1336

  Frosch, Caren A ^a   Beaman, C Philip ^a   McCloy, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34548587509     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701507949     Document Type: Article

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