The Effectiveness of Training to Improve Person Perception Accuracy: A Meta-Analysis

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 483-498

  Blanch Hartigan, Danielle ^a   Andrzejewski, Susan A ^b   Hill, Krista M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869162377     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.728122     Document Type: Article

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