Chapter 10 Motivated Moral Reasoning

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 50, Issue C, 2009, Pages 307-338

  Ditto, Peter H ^a   Pizarro, David A ^a   Tannenbaum, David ^a  

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EID: 85011115228     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)00410-6     Document Type: Review

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