When the expectations from a message will not be realized: Naïve theories can eliminate expectation-congruent judgments via correction

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 933-939

  Handley, Ian M ^a   Albarracín, Dolores ^b   Brown, Rick D ^c   Li, Hong ^c   Kumkale, Ece C ^c   Kumkale, G Tarcan ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Affect; Attitudes; Bias correction; Expectations; Experiences; Inference; Intentions; Messages; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650741498     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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