Naturalistic fallacy errors and behavioral science news: The effects of editorial content and cautions on readers' moral inferences and perceptions of contributors

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-383

  Friedrich, James ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649463190     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.526877     Document Type: Article

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