Broadening the conditions for illusory correlation formation: Implications for judging minority groups

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-279

  Shavitt, Sharon ^a   Sanbonmatsu, David M ^b   Smittipatana, Sasiwimon ^b   Posavac, Steven S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b 119 Gregory Hall ^*

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EID: 0033478823     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/15324839951036290     Document Type: Article

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