Reflective liberals and intuitive conservatives: A look at the cognitive reflection test and ideology

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 314-331

  Deppe, Kristen D ^a   Gonzalez, Frank J ^a   Neiman, Jayme L ^b   Jacobs, Carly ^a   Pahlke, Jackson ^a   Smith, Kevin B ^a   Hibbing, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive reflection test; Ideology; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938530620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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