The Importance of Being Emergent: A Theoretical Exploration of Impression Formation in Novel Social Category Conjunctions

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 321-332

  Wood, Chantelle ^a   Hutter, Russell R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959663795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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