Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Varnum, Michael E W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Better than average effect; Illusory superiority; Self enhancement; SES; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930682364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00496     Document Type: Article

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