Insurance, risk, and magical thinking

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1346-1356

  Tykocinski, Orit E ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Insurance; Intuition; Magic; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTUITION; MAGIC; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; VOLITION;

EID: 51049092994     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208320556     Document Type: Article

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