Att itude change folow ing imagined positive act ions tow ard a social group: Do memories change att itudes, or att itudes change memories?

Social Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-322

  Jay Frye, G D ^a   Lord, Charles G ^a   Brady, Sara E ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865773192     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.3.307     Document Type: Article

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