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- 603-618
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- 1941
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Anthony G. Greenwald
(1980).
The totalitarian ego: Fabrication and revision of personal history..
American Psychologist
, 35
(7)
, 603-618.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.35.7.603
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- 10.1037/0003-066x.35.7.603