Social corroboration and opinion extremity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-560

  Baron, Robert S ^a,d   Hoppe, Sieg I ^a   Kao, Chuan Feng ^a,b   Brunsman, Bethany ^a   Linneweh, Barbara ^a,c   Rogers, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c US VA Hospital   (United States)

^d E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 0030295788     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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