Social knowledge and goal-based influences on social information processing in adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 792-802

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Kotter Grühn, Dana ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Goals; Social cognition; Social judgments; Socioemotional selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955186303     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023775     Document Type: Article

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