PSY BEH 11C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Cognition, Individualism, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 11C
• Professor: Zinger

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