Biased decision-making: Developing an understanding of how positive and negative relationships may skew judgments

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 784-797

  Mills, Candice M ^a,b   Grant, Meridith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b PO Box 830688 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REALITY TESTING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 68949129007     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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