A new way to look at the data: Similarities between groups of people are large and important

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 541-562

  Hanel, Paul H P ^a,b   Maio, Gregory R ^a,b   Manstead, Antony S R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Differences; Education; Gender; Similarities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EFFECT SIZE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; TRUST; ADULT; GROUP PROCESS; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH; THINKING;

EID: 85049734139     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000154     Document Type: Article

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