Culture and social prediction the role of information in enhancing confidence in social predictions in the United States and China

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 498-516

  Gelfand, Michele J ^a,b   Spurlock, David ^a   Sniezek, Janet A ^a   Shao, Liang ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0034340069     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022100031004004     Document Type: Article

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