The Actor-Observer Effect Revisited: Effects of Individual Differences and Repeated Social Interactions on Actor and Observer Attributions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-389

  Robins, Richard W ^a,c   Spranca, Mark D ^b   Mendelsohn, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030209703     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.2.375     Document Type: Article

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