Great oaks from giant acorns grow: How causal-impact judgments depend on the strength of a cause

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-172

  Fiedler, Klaus ^a   Freytag, Peter ^a   Unkelbach, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 79951834942     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.750     Document Type: Article

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