On Seeing Oneself as Less Self-Serving than Others: The Ultimate Self-Serving Bias?

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-109

  Friedrich, James ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030306635     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328023top2302_9     Document Type: Article

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