Psychological License. When it is Needed and How it Functions

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue C, 2010, Pages 115-155

  Miller, Dale T ^a   Effron, Daniel A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954136725     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(10)43003-8     Document Type: Chapter

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