Do beliefs and attributional complexity influence age differences in the correspondence bias?

Social Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-337

  Horhota, Michelle ^a   Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 33745184699     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: 0278016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.3.310     Document Type: Review

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