Structure of attitudes: Judgments, memory, and implications for change

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-40

  Albarracín, Dolores ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Noguchi, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838068     Document Type: Chapter

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