What a_____ thing to do! formally characterizing actions by their expected effects

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 953-976

  Wood, Dustin ^a   Tov, William ^b   Costello, Cory ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Action characterization; Concepts; Expectancy value models; Formative models; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929505788     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000030     Document Type: Article

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