Underconfidence bias as a specific-domain phenomenon;El sesgo de subconfianza como fenómeno de dominio específico

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Macbeth, Guillermo ^a   Morán, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calibration; General domain; Metacognition; Specific domain; Underconfidence bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450192231     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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