Causes and Consequences of Expectation Trajectories: "High" on Optimism in a Public Ballot Initiative

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 706-714

  Krizan, Zlatan ^a   Sweeny, Kate ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elections; expectations; growth curve; judgment; knowledge level; motivation; optimism; pessimism; prediction; social perception; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877342388     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612460690     Document Type: Article

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