Analytic Thought Training Promotes Liberalism on Contextualized (But Not Stable) Political Opinions

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 789-795

  Yilmaz, Onurcan ^a   Saribay, S Adil ^b  

^a DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

analytic cognitive style; analytic thought training; dual process model; political conservatism; political liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016511902     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550616687092     Document Type: Article

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