My Friend Is Embarrassing Me: Exploring the Guilty by Association Effect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1440-1449

  Fortune, Jennifer L ^a   Newby Clark, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

debiasing; embarrassment; guilty by association; social judgment errors; spotlight effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUP PROCESS; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GROUP PROCESSES; GUILT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57949085119     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012627     Document Type: Article

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