Pluralistic Ignorance and the Perpetuation of Social Norms by Unwitting Actors

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue C, 1996, Pages 161-209

  Prentice, Deborah A ^a   Miller, Dale T ^a  

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EID: 0001413422     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60238-5     Document Type: Article

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