Judgeability concerns: The interplay of information, applicability, and accountability in the overattribution bias

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-387

  Corneille, Olivier ^a,b   Leyens, Jacques Philippe ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent Y ^a   Walther, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033433342     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.377     Document Type: Article

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