Individual differences and the susceptibility to the influence of anchoring cues

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Boo, Hua Chu ^a   McClelland, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Intelligence; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860153706     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000076     Document Type: Article

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