Discrepancy models of belief change

The SAGE Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 84-103

  Fink, Edward L ^a   Cai, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452218410.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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