Perceived importance of information: The effects of mentioning information, shared information bias, ownership bias, reiteration, and confirmation bias

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-256

  Van Swol, Lyn M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common information sampling bias; Confirmation bias; Minority; Shared information

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247247616     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207074730     Document Type: Article

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