Perceptual Accuracy in the Balance: The Weight of the Evidence and the Evidence of Weight

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-136

  Clark, Eddie M ^a   Frauenhoffer, Shannon M ^a   Mcgaha, Annette C ^a   Morrow, Gregory D ^b   Brock, Karla F ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal understanding; perceptual accuracy; weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993699100     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598151008     Document Type: Article

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