Age differences in the bases for social judgments: Tests of a social expertise perspective

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-120

  Leclerc, Christina M ^a   Hess, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845396398     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730601006446     Document Type: Article

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