Necessary for possession: How people reason about the acquisition of ownership

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1161-1169

  Friedman, Ori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

causal reasoning; counterfactual thinking; ownership; psychology and law; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77956243134     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210378513     Document Type: Article

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