SOP 3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Dominance Orientation, Ingroups And Outgroups, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOP 3004
• Professor: Dr.James A.Shepperd

Document Summary

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