Chapter 3 Action-Based Model of Dissonance. A Review, Integration, and Expansion of Conceptions of Cognitive Conflict

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-166

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Amodio, David M ^b   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61849090399     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)00403-6     Document Type: Review

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