A New Look at the Consequences of Attitude Certainty: The Amplification Hypothesis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 810-825

  Clarkson, Joshua J ^a   Tormala, Zakary L ^b   Rucker, Derek D ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambivalence; attitude strength; attitudes; persuasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 54949119085     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013192     Document Type: Article

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