The ‘ultimate attribution error’? A review of the literature on intergroup causal attribution

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 311-335

  Hewstone, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84985779132     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2420200404     Document Type: Article

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