The association between implicit theories of personality and the attributional process

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-111

  Silvera, David H ^a   Moe, Stein Kjetil ^b   Iversen, Pål ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attribution; Fundamental attribution error; Implicit personality theories; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034200288     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00178     Document Type: Article

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