Biased evaluation of information during discussion: Disentangling the effects of preference consistency, social validation, and ownership of information

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 946-956

  Mojzisch, Andreas ^a   Grouneva, Lilia ^b   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 78149332092     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.660     Document Type: Article

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