The development, perseverance, and change of naive theories

Social Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-30

  Anderson, Craig A ^a   Lindsay, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0032366554     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1998.16.1.8     Document Type: Article

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