The Theory of Reasoned Action: A Case Study of Falsification in Psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-518

  Trafimow, David ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; attitudes; auxiliary assumptions; case study; cognition; falsification; risky predictions; subjective norms; theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249087003     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309336319     Document Type: Article

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