Resisting change: Information-seeking and stereotype change

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 799-825

  Johnston, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0030486049     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199609)26:5<799::AID-EJSP796>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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