Explaining purportedly irrational behavior by modeling skepticism in task parameters: An example examining confidence in forced-choice tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 947-959

  McKenzie, Craig R M ^a,c   Wixted, John T ^a,c   Noelle, David C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST;

EID: 4444376563     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.5.947     Document Type: Article

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