Heritability of attitudes constrains dynamic social impact

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1063-1072

  Bourgeois, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 23044532461     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672022811005     Document Type: Article

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