Perceiving individuals and groups as coherent: How do perceivers make sense of variable behavior?

Social Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-60

  Plaks, Jason E ^a   Shafer, Jennifer L ^a   Shoda, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0043025304     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.21.1.26.21191     Document Type: Article

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