Self-other asymmetries in behavior explanations: Myth and reality

The Self in Social Judgment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 155-178

  Malle, Bertram F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203943250-15     Document Type: Chapter

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