Social Validation of Everyday Knowledge: Heterogeneity and Consensus Functionality

Group Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-239

  Lopes, Diniz ^a   Vala, Jorge ^a   Garcia Marques, Leonel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

attribution; consensus; heterogeneity; social comparison; validation of everyday knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 36048990142     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.11.3.223     Document Type: Article

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