Need for Cognition and Expectations as Determinants of Affective Experience

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-325

  Geers, Andrew L ^a   Lassiter, G Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346956911     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2504_5     Document Type: Article

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