Social projection of transient drive states

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1159-1168

  Van Boven, Leaf ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentrism; Empathy gaps; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRIVE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DRIVE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROJECTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042326199     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203254597     Document Type: Article

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