Culturally conferred conceptions of agency: A key to social perception of persons, groups, and other actors

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-182

  Morris, Michael W ^a   Menon, Tanya ^b   Ames, Daniel R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035532476     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0502_7     Document Type: Article

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