Longer is better

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 993-998

  Eidelman, Scott ^a   Pattershall, Jennifer ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence bias; Heuristics; Social influence; Status quo maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956612443     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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