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Boon and bane of being sure: the effect of performance certainty and expectancy on task performance

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Boon and bane of being sure : the effect of performance certainty and expectancy on task performance. / Schindler, Simon; Reinhard, Marc André; Dickhäuser, Oliver.

In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, Vol. 31, No. 2, 01.04.2016, p. 245-253.

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Schindler, S, Reinhard, MA & Dickhäuser, O 2016, 'Boon and bane of being sure: the effect of performance certainty and expectancy on task performance', European Journal of Psychology of Education, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-015-0267-4

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Schindler, S., Reinhard, M. A., & Dickhäuser, O. (2016). Boon and bane of being sure: the effect of performance certainty and expectancy on task performance. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 31(2), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-015-0267-4

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Schindler S, Reinhard MA, Dickhäuser O. Boon and bane of being sure: the effect of performance certainty and expectancy on task performance. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 2016 Apr 1;31(2):245-253. doi: 10.1007/s10212-015-0267-4

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