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decision making
Every decision you make is shaped by the first number.
The study was published in 'Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin', not 'Psychological Science'.
The research by Englich, Mussweiler, and Strack (2006) titled 'Playing Dice With Criminal Sentences' appeared in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32(2), 188-200.
Your final choices are rarely calculated from scratch; they are simply nudged away from the starting line.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Englich, Mussweiler, and Strack, 2006, Psychological Science
- What the check found
- The study is real, but the journal name is incorrect; it was published in 'Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin' (2006), not 'Psychological Science'.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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