The Task of Social Psychology Is to Explain Behavior not Just to Observe it

Wolfgang Stroebe

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DOI: 10.5964/spb.v13i2.26131
Published: 2018-05-29
Container: Social Psychological Bulletin
Publisher: Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
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@article{allodium:10.5964/spb.v13i2.26131,
  title = {The Task of Social Psychology Is to Explain Behavior not Just to Observe it},
  author = {Wolfgang Stroebe},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Social Psychological Bulletin},
  doi = {10.5964/spb.v13i2.26131},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5964/spb.v13i2.26131}
}

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Stroebe, W. (2018). The Task of Social Psychology Is to Explain Behavior not Just to Observe it. Social Psychological Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.5964/spb.v13i2.26131

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