Looking beyond looks: Comments on Sloutsky, Kloos, and Fisher (2007): Commentary

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-555

  Gelman, Susan A ^a   Waxman, Sandra R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250310870     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01937.x     Document Type: Review

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