Differential use of the availability heuristic in social judgment

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-138

  Rothman, Alexander J ^b   Hardin, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0031064968     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167297232002     Document Type: Article

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