A New Technique for Demonstrating the Actor-Observer Bias

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-303

  Gordon, Anne K ^a   Kaplar, Mary E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036032461     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP2904_10     Document Type: Article

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