Why Ask about Peter? Do You Think He Caused It? How the Description of Causal Events Guides the Selection of Questions about Them

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-297

  Pandelaere, Mario ^a,b   Hoorens, Vera ^a   Peeters, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Lab V Exp Sociale Psychologie   (Belgium)

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EID: 0346956917     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2504_3     Document Type: Article

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