Information Processing and the Study of the Self

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue C, 1988, Pages 145-178

  Kihlstrom, John F ^a   Albright, Jeanne Sumi ^b   Klein, Stanley B ^c   Cantor, Nancy ^d   Chew, Beverly R ^e   Niedenthal, Paula M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001676759     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60226-9     Document Type: Article

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