Shall I compare thee? Perceived entitativity and ease of comparison

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Pickett, Cynthia L ^a   Perrott, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Entitativity; Group perception; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342592100     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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