Staying the Course: The Option of Doing Nothing and Its Impact on Postchoice Persistence

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 772-780

  Schrift, Rom Y ^a   Parker, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; inference; motivation; performance; preferences

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84896900757     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516801     Document Type: Article

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