Effects of the difference in the amount of group preferential information on illusory correlation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1463-1475

  Chun, Woo Young ^a   Lee, Hoon Koo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0033478963     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672992510003     Document Type: Article

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