Knowing versus caring: The role of affect and cognition in political perceptions

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-44

  Dolan, Kathleen A ^a   Holbrook, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Political affect; Political knowledge; Political perceptions; Wishful thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035585366     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00224     Document Type: Article

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