Does fast or slow evaluation foster greater certainty?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-434

  Tormala, Zakary L ^a   Clarkson, Joshua J ^b   Henderson, Marlone D ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Attitudes; Certainty; Confidence; Familiarity; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751476758     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210397378     Document Type: Article

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