Development of conformity and cognitive effects of social influence;Entwicklungsveränderungen in konformität und in kognitiven folgen sozialer beeinflussung

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformity; Memory; Social influence; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244241006     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637.36.4.173     Document Type: Article

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