Optimal distinctiveness theory: Its history and development

Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-98

  Brewer, Marilynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446249222.n30     Document Type: Chapter

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