Shallow thoughts about the self: The automatic components of self-assessment

The Self in Social Judgment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 67-84

  Gilovich, Thomas ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^b   Hanko, Karlene ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203943250-10     Document Type: Chapter

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