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Social Theory and Social Structure

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The article was published on 1949-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13688 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social change & Social relation.

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Social Perception and Social Reality: Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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