Chapter 10 - A Prospect Theory-Based Evaluation of Dual-Process Influences on Aging and Decision Making: Support for a Contextual Perspective. Support for a Contextual Perspective.

Aging and Decision Making: Empirical and Applied Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 189-212

  Hess, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Certainty effect; Decision making; Dual process model; Prospect theory; Selective engagement theory; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939785512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417148-0.00010-8     Document Type: Chapter

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