The effects of minority/majority source status on attitude certainty: A matching perspective

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-125

  Tormala, Zakary L ^a,c   Desensi, Victoria L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude strength; Attitudes; Elaboration; Minority influence; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE; CULTURE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTENTION; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 58049155239     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208325677     Document Type: Article

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