Why Do People Like Natural? Instrumental and Ideational Bases for the Naturalness Preference

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2859-2878

  Li, Meng ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871214013     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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