The Minority Slowness Effect: Subtle Inhibitions in the Expression of Views Not Shared by Others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-276

  Bassili, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85047693063     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.261     Document Type: Article

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