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Direct linkAugustinova, Maria; Collange, Julie; Sanitioso, Rasyid Bo; Musca, Serban C. – Cognition, 2011
This research shows that the motivation to posses a desired characteristic (or to avoid an undesired one) results in self-perceptions that guide people's use of base rate in the Lawyer-Engineer problem (Kahneman & Tversky, 1973). In four studies, participants induced to believe (or recall, Exp. 2) that a rational cognitive style is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Probability, Lawyers, Self Concept
