When reasons matter: Quality of support affects reactions to increasing and consistent agreement

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-601

  Prislin, Radmila ^a   Levine, John M ^b   Christensen, P Niels ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Majority; Minority; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746642214     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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