Contribution of conversation skills to the production of judgmental errors

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-601

  Slugoski, Ben R ^a   Wilson, Anne E ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032384641     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199807/08)28:4<575::AID-EJSP882>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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