Beliefs about behavior account for age differences in the correspondence bias

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-176

  Stanley, Jennifer Tehan ^a,b   Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Beliefs; Correspondence bias; Individual differences; Social judgments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; CONFLICT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEGAL ABORTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHARACTER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953318250     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq078     Document Type: Article

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