Unlearning Cognitive Dissonance: Toward an Understanding of the Development of Dissonance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 562-575

  Cooper, Joel ^a  

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EID: 0032332694     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1998.1365     Document Type: Article

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