Regulatory Focus in Predictions About Others

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 379-392

  Woltin, Karl Andrew ^a,b,c   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

egocentrism; person perception; projection; regulatory focus; social judgment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922731049     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214566188     Document Type: Article

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