A Raw Deal: Heightened Liberalism Following Exposure to Anomalous Playing Cards

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-472

  Proulx, Travis ^a   Major, Brenda ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84883649813     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12024     Document Type: Article

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