Judging a book by its cover: The differential impact of attractiveness on predicting one's acceptance to high- or low-status social groups

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2538-2550

  Krendl, Anne C ^a   Magoon, Nicole S ^b   Hull, Jay G ^b   Heatherton, Todd F ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 84880961133     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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