The false consensus effect : An empirical and theoretical;L'effet de faux consensus : Une revue empirique et théorique

Annee Psychologique

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-182

  Verlhiac, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

False consensus effect; Social judgment; Social regulation of judgment

Indexed keywords

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