Prescribed optimism: Is it right to be wrong about the future?: Short report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-331

  Armor, David A ^a,d   Massey, Cade ^b   Sackett, Aaron M ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COERCION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 41849108823     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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