Relevance of information and social influence in the pseudodiagnosticity bias

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-199

  Maggi, Jenny ^b   Butera, Fabrizio ^a   Legrenzi, Paolo ^b   Mugny, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Information relevance; Majority influence; Minority influence; Pseudodiagnosticity bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032388242     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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