Relative Use of Necessity and Sufficiency Information in Causal Judgments about Natural Categories

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-81

  McGill, Ann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032357568     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.70     Document Type: Article

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