Motivation to think and order effects in persuasion: The moderating role of chunking

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 332-344

  Petty, Richard E ^a   Tormala, Zakary L ^b   Hawkins, Chris ^b   Wegener, Duane T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035530296     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201273007     Document Type: Article

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