Unpacking Unpacking: Greater Detail Can Reduce Perceived Likelihood

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Redden, Joseph P ^a   Frederick, Shane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency; Likelihood; Unpacking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONCEPT FORMATION; GAMBLING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79955744327     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021491     Document Type: Article

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