Culture, Education, and the Attribution of Physical Causality

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1272-1284

  Peng, Kaiping ^a   Knowles, Eric D ^a  

^a 4143 Tolman Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Culture; Ethnic identity; Physical causality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAUSALITY; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141653945     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203254601     Document Type: Article

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