Attribution as a function of agential distance in a causal chain

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-282

  Kanekar, Suresh ^a,c   Miranda, Jillian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL ERRORS; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032132961     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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