Negativity and Polarity Effects in Gathering Information to Form an Impression

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-412

  Shaw, Jerry I ^a   Steers, W Neil ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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