Theoretical Note: Limitations on Verbal Reports of Internal Events: A Refutation of Nisbett and Wilson and of Bem.

White, Peter

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Theoretical Note: Limitations on Verbal Reports of Internal Events: A Refutation of Nisbett and Wilson and of Bem.

White, Peter

Psychological Review, v87 n1 p105-112 Jan 1980

It is suggested that the theoretical stance of Nisbett and Wilson's work on the limitations to conscious awareness of mental processes is not clearly formulated. Some methodological recommendations are listed, and a brief report is given of some experimental findings that seem counter to those of Nisbett and Wilson. (RL)

Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Mediation Theory, Recall (Psychology), Research Problems, Responses

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