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The Creativity of Lying: Divergent Thinking and Ideational Correlates of the Resolution of Social Dilemmas

Jeffrey J. Walczyk Louisiana Tech University, Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark A. Runco University of Georgia Athens, and the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration,
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Sunny M. Tripp Louisiana Tech University,
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Christian E. Smith Louisiana Tech University,
Pages 328-342 | Published online: 07 Aug 2008

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