Typicality can create, eliminate, and reverse the dilution effect

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-187

  Peters, Ellen ^a   Rothbart, Myron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0034346243     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200264005     Document Type: Article

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