Why smart people can be so foolish

European Psychologist

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentrism fallacy; Foolishness; Invulnerability fallacy; Omnipotence fallacy; Omniscience fallacy; Unrealistic optimism fallacy; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444236365     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.3.145     Document Type: Review

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