Methodological choices have predictable consequences in replicating studies on motivation to think: Commentary on Ebersole et al. (2016)

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-87

  Petty, Richard E ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument quality; Attitudes; Need for cognition; Replication

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84989847292     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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