Three principles of explanation: Verb schemas, balance, and imbalance repair

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-405

  Rudolph, Udo ^a   Von Hecker, Ulrich ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Balance; Covariation; Implicit verb causality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750491647     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X06292766     Document Type: Article

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