Effects of forced exposure to a hypothetical population on false consensus

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 629-636

  Kulig, John W ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034348898     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200267010     Document Type: Article

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