Where Do We Draw Our Lines? Politics, Rigidity, and the Role of Self-Regulation

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Rock, Mindi S ^a   Janoff Bulman, Ronnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

categorization; goal; motivation; political psychology; self regulation; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875496243     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609347386     Document Type: Article

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