Why "our" policies set the standard more than "theirs": Category norms and generalization between european union countries

Social Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-528

  Hegarty, Peter ^a   Chryssochoou, Xenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

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EID: 32444449290     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: 0278016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2005.23.6.491     Document Type: Review

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