Culpable control and the psychology of blame

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 556-574

  Alicke, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROJECTION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034218583     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.4.556     Document Type: Article

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