Direct experience and attitude-behavior consistency

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue C, 1981, Pages 161-202

  Fazio, Russell H ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 77957043729     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60372-X     Document Type: Article

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