CSP 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Pluralistic Ignorance, Peer Pressure

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 161
• Professor: Andrew Elliot

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