Large minorities and small majorities: Interactive effects of inferred and explicit consensus on attitudes

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Erb, Hans Peter ^a   Bohner, Gerd ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^c   Werth, Lioba ^d   Reinhard, Marc André ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33750294810     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2803_2     Document Type: Article

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