Situational salience and cultural differences in the correspondence bias and actor-observer bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 949-960

  Choi, Incheol ^a   Nisbett, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220007     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298249003     Document Type: Article

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