A match made in the laboratory: Persuasion and matches to primed traits and stereotypes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1035-1047

  Wheeler, S Christian ^a   DeMarree, Kenneth G ^b   Petty, Richard E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitudes; Automaticity; Information processing; Persuasion; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549085495     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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