Honesty and intelligence judgments of individuals and groups: The effects of entity-related behavior diagnosticity and implicit theories

Social Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-169

  Skowronski, John J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036083883     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.20.2.136.20993     Document Type: Article

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