Functional attitude theory

The SAGE Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 104-119

  Carpenter, Christopher ^a   Boster, Franklin J ^b   Andrews, Kyle R ^c  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452218410.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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