The Power of Shared Experience: Simultaneous Observation With Similar Others Facilitates Social Learning

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 738-744

  Shteynberg, Garriy ^a   Apfelbaum, Evan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformity; group processes; interpersonal processes; social identity; social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885668563     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613479807     Document Type: Article

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