The ease-of-processing heuristic and the stability bias: Dissociating memory, memory beliefs, and memory judgments

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-794

  Kornell, Nate ^a   Rhodes, Matthew G ^b   Castel, Alan D ^c   Tauber, Sarah K ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ease of processing heuristic; judgment; memory; metacognition; stability bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958133246     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611407929     Document Type: Article

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