Motivated Strategies for Judgment: How Preferences for Particular Judgment Processes can Affect Judgment Outcomes

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-169

  Molden, Daniel C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856953587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00424.x     Document Type: Review

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