Selective exposure in decided and undecided individuals: Differential relations to automatic associations and conscious beliefs

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-569

  Galdi, Silvia ^a   Gawronski, Bertram ^b   Arcuri, Luciano ^a   Friese, Malte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

attitude change; confirmation bias; decision making; implicit measures; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SATISFACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TURKEY; UNCERTAINTY; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859752642     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211435981     Document Type: Article

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