"Everybody knows it's true": Social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism moderate false consensus for stereotypic beliefs

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1038-1053

  Strube, Michael J ^a   Rahimi, Amanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

False consensus effect; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750803469     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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