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Effects of uncertainty on use of the availability of heuristic for self‐efficacy judgments
Author(s) -
Vaughn Leigh Ann
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199903/05)29:2/3<407::aid-ejsp943>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - psychology , heuristic , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Under conditions of higher or lower uncertainty, college students recalled three or eight ways to improve exam performance and then estimated their likelihood of getting As on their easiest and hardest finals. Results supported the hypothesis that the availability heuristic is used only under conditions of uncertainty. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.