Elaboration and consequences of anchored estimates: An attitudinal perspective on numerical anchoring

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1465-1476

  Blankenship, Kevin L ^a   Wegener, Duane T ^b   Petty, Richard E ^c   Detweiler Bedell, Brian ^d   Macy, Cheryl L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Attitudes; Cognitive load; Elaboration; Knowledge; Persistence; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749083154     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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