The effect of need for cognition on the stability of prejudiced attitudes toward South American immigrants;El efecto de la necesidad de cognición sobre la estabilidad de las actitudes hacia los inmigrantes sudamericanos

Psicothema

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Cárdaba, Miguel A M ^a   Briñol, Pablo ^b   Horcajo, Javier ^b   Petty, Richard E ^c  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Need for cognition; Persuasion; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872786821     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2012.107     Document Type: Article

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