Subjective experience versus content of information in the construction of attitude judgments

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1105-1113

  Wänke, Michaela ^a   Bless, Herbert ^b   Biller, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305046     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672962211002     Document Type: Article

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