Information-processing and perceptions of control: How attribution style affects task-relevant processing

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 120-138

  Yeigh, Tony ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Executive processes; Spontaneous causal search; Trait controllability; Working Memory (WM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449021315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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