Thinking Aloud Is Not a Form of Introspection but a Qualitatively Different Methodology: Reply to Schooler (2011)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-354

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a   Fox, Mark C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952400617     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022388     Document Type: Note

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