The Metacognitive advantage of deliberative thinkers: A Dual-process perspective on overconfidence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-373

  Mata, André ^a   Ferreira, Mário B ^b   Sherman, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual process models; Intuition; Metacognition; Overconfidence; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTUITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

COGNITION; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 84882624924     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033640     Document Type: Article

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