Violating Conversational Conventions Disrupts Cognitive Processing of Attitude Questions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 465-494

  Holbrook, Allyson L ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^a   Carson, Richard T ^b   Mitchell, Robert Cameron ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034422411     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1999.1411     Document Type: Article

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