A newer look: Motivated social cognition and the schematic representation of social concepts

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Dunning, David ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0033421354     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327965pli1001_1     Document Type: Article

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