Political ideology, exploration of novel stimuli, and attitude formation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 995-998

  Shook, Natalie J ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Conservatism; Exploratory behavior; Liberalism; Political ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650744548     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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