The Truth and Bias Model of Judgment

Psychological Review

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-378

  West, Tessa V ^a   Kenny, David A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954988502     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022936     Document Type: Article

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