Folk theory of social change

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-246

  Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Bain, Paul ^b   Haslam, Nick ^a   Peters, Kim ^c   Laham, Simon ^a   Whelan, Jennifer ^a   Bastian, Brock ^a   Loughnan, Stephen ^a   Kaufmann, Leah ^a   Fernando, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Folk theory; Individualism; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149114260     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2009.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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