Getting at the Truth or Getting Along: Accuracy- Versus Impression-Motivated Heuristic and Systematic Processing

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 262-275

  Chen, Serena ^a   Shechter, David ^a,b   Chaiken, Shelly ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDSTAT Group   (United States)

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EID: 0030510444     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.2.262     Document Type: Article

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