When conflicts are good: Nonconscious goal conflicts reduce confirmatory thinking

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 374-387

  Kleiman, Tali ^a   Hassin, Ran R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Confirmation bias; Consciousness; Decision making; Goal conflicts; Mindset

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882731272     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033608     Document Type: Article

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