Mere exposure affects perceived descriptive norms: Implications for personal preferences and trust

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-58

  Kwan, Letty Y Y ^a   Yap, Suhui ^b   Chiu, Chi yue ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Implicit learning; Implicit learning of norms; Mere exposure effect; Norm formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930944427     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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