The primacy of self-referent information in perceptions of social consensus

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-299

  Clement, Russell W ^b   Krueger, Joachim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROJECTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0346487459     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164471     Document Type: Article

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