How egocentrism and optimism change in response to feedback in repeated competitions

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-220

  Rose, Jason P ^a   Windschitl, Paul D ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative judgment; Egocentrism; Experience; Feedback; Learning; Overoptimism; Shared circumstance effect; Subjective probability; Underoptimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749196137     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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