The influence of group variability and processing goals on the ease of making judgments about social categories

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 807-820

  Lambert, Alan J ^a   Barton, Lauren R ^a   Lickel, Brian ^a   Wells, Jennifer ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032220001     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298248003     Document Type: Article

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