The role of self-referent and other-referent knowledge in perceptions of group characteristics

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 878-888

  Krueger, Joachim ^a   Stanke, David ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035536253     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201277010     Document Type: Article

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