Dissonance and importance: Attitude change effects of personal relevance and race of the beneficiary of a counterattitudinal advocacy

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-468

  Eisenstadt, Donna ^a   Leippe, Michael R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Cognitive dissonance; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 20744436193     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.145.4.447-468     Document Type: Article

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