Social explanation and social expectation: Effects of real and hypothetical explanations on subjective likelihood

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1977, Pages 817-829

  Ross, Lee D ^a   Lepper, Mark R ^b   Strack, Fritz ^b   Steinmetz, Julia ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

real vs hypothetical explanations for event, subjective likelihood of event, college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047685101     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.35.11.817     Document Type: Article

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