The Question-Answer Paradigm: You Might Regret Not Noticing How a Question Is Worded

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-480

  Semin, Gün R ^a   De Poot, Christianne J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031506673     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.472     Document Type: Article

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