Free choice and cognitive dissonance revisited: Choosing "lesser evils" versus "greater goods"

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-48

  Shultz, Thomas R ^a   Léveillé, Elène ^b   Lepper, Mark R ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039164064     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167299025001004     Document Type: Review

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