Emotion and the Self-Serving Bias

Current Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-354

  Coleman, Martin D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Emotion; Judgment; Self serving bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955227399     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-011-9121-2     Document Type: Article

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