Expectancy confirmation in attitude learning: A connectionist account

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  Eiser, J Richard ^a   Stafford, Tom ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54949134843     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.530     Document Type: Article

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