Reactions to Decisions With Uncertain Consequences: Reliance on Perceived Fairness Versus Predicted Outcomes Depends on Knowledge

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-118

  See, Kelly E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making process; justice fairness; multimethod; policy political; uncertainty ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349109084     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013266     Document Type: Article

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