The milgram obedience experiment: Support for a cognitive view of defensive attribution

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Blass, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0030167228     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1996.9714020     Document Type: Article

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