Reducing context effects by adding context information: The direction and size of context effects in political judgment

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1036-1045

  Bless, Herbert ^a   Igou, Eric R ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a   Wänke, Michaela ^a  

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EID: 0034346295     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672002611002     Document Type: Article

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