Houses built on sand: Effects of exemplar stability on susceptibility to attitude change

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 733-749

  Lord, Charles G ^a   Paulson, René M ^a   Sia, Tiffiny L ^a   Thomas, Jennifer C ^a   Lepper, Mark R ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 10244239375     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.733     Document Type: Article

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