Learning inhibition in the monty hall problem: The role of dysfunctional counterfactual prescriptions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1297-1311

  Petrocelli, John V ^a   Harris, Anna K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

counterfactual thinking; memory; Monty Hall problem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NORTH CAROLINA; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80052281922     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211410245     Document Type: Article

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