The belief to have fxed or malleable traits and help giving: Implicit theories and sequential social infuence techniques

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-100

  Gamian Wilk, Malgorzata ^a   Lachowicz Tabaczek, Kinga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOWER SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

compliance; implicit theories; interaction dynamics; social infuence techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010063535     PISSN: 00792993     EISSN: 16417844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s10059-009-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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