The politics of social psychological science: Distortions in the social psychology of intergroup relations

Social Psychology of Political Polarization

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 165-196

  Jussim, Lee ^a   Crawford, Jarret T ^b   Stevens, Sean T ^c   Anglin, Stephanie M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c Rutgers University ^*  (United States)

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