The false polarization effect in explanations of attitudinal behavior

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Dimdins, Girts ^a   Montgomery, Henry ^a   Austers, Ivars ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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