Surprise, Memory, and Retrospective Judgment Making: Testing Cognitive Reconstruction Theories of the Hindsight Bias Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 916-933

  Ash, Ivan K ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hindsight bias; judgment; memory; sense making; surprise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650730793     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015504     Document Type: Article

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