Comparing Gains and Losses

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1438-1445

  McGraw, A Peter ^a   Larsen, Jeff T ^b   Kahneman, Daniel ^c   Schkade, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; bipolar scales; choice; decision making; emotions; judgment; loss aversion; measurement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 78650029400     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610381504     Document Type: Article

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