Implications of Attitude Change Theories for Numerical Anchoring: Anchor Plausibility and the Limits of Anchor Effectiveness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-69

  Wegener, Duane T ^a   Petty, Richard E ^b   Detweiler Bedell, Brian T ^c   Jarvis, W Blair G ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035584431     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1431     Document Type: Article

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