A New Look at Dissonance Theory

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue C, 1984, Pages 229-266

  Cooper, Joel ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957030473     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60121-5     Document Type: Article

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