Affective forecasts of future positive events are tempered by consideration of details

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Wesp, Richard ^a   Sandry, Joshua ^a   Prisco, Anthony ^a   Sarte, Pamela ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REALITY TESTING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649822587     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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