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Klaczynski, Paul A.; Fauth, James M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1996
Social calculations involved in assessing one's life chances were examined with 62 undergraduates. Participants showed considerable bias in their estimates, and important individual differences in bias were found. Results are discussed in terms of general adolescent phenomena such as individuation, identity, the personal fable, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Ability, Higher Education, Individual Differences