Strength in numbers or less is more? A matter of opinion and a question of taste

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1099-1111

  Spears, Russell ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Doosje, Bertjan ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Distinctiveness; Majority minority; Opinions; Preferences; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MUSIC; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MUSIC; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149088964     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209336681     Document Type: Article

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