Bias in Favor of the Status Quo

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-281

  Eidelman, Scott ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84857822414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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