Culture and cultural worldviews: Do verbal descriptions about culture reflect anything other than verbal descriptions of culture?

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-62

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Cultural consensus; Cultural worldviews; Culture; Ideology; Social desirability

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EID: 32944454854     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X06061592     Document Type: Article

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