Accuracy motivation, consensus information, and the law of large numbers: Effects on attitude judgment in the absence of argumentation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1205-1215

  Darke, Peter R ^a   Chaiken, Shelly ^b   Bohner, Gerd ^c   Einwiller, Sabine ^c   Erb, Hans Peter ^c   Hazlewood, J Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032219794     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672982411007     Document Type: Article

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