Imitation and performance in confrontations between competent peers: The role of the representation of the task

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-258

  Quiamzade, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competence; Conflict; Imitation; Performance; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548412976     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173424     Document Type: Article

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