Opening the Mind to Close It: Considering a Message in Light of Important Values Increases Message Processing and Later Resistance to Change

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-213

  Blankenship, Kevin L ^a   Wegener, Duane T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University

Author keywords

information processing; resistance to persuasion; values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; THINKING;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; THINKING;

EID: 39049125656     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.2.94.2.196     Document Type: Article

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