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When credibility attack: The reverse impact of source credibility on persuasion

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The implications of the effect of source credibility identified after message processing on the confidence people have in their own thoughts generated in response to persuasive messages are investigated. Results suggest that high source credibility leads to less favorable attitudes than does low source credibility.

Author: Petty, Richard E., Tormala, Zakary L., Brinol, Pablo
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-1031
Year: 2006
Self-confidence, Self confidence

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Memory-based versus on-line processing: Implications for attitude strength

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A study was conducted to compare the strength of attitudes created by on-line processing with those created by memory-based processing. It was observed that attitudes created through on-line processing were stronger than attitudes created through memory-based processing.

Author: Petty, Richard E., Bizer, George Y., Tormala, Zakary L., Rucker, Derek D.
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-1031
Year: 2006
Attitudes, Attitude (Psychology)

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Test of a Level of Aspiration model of group decision making: non-obvious group preference reversal due to an irrelevant alternative

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A non-obvious prediction of a Level of Aspiration (LOA) model of group decision making was tested. It was observed that groups more often chose the alternate acceptable to all members even when the majority preferred a different alternative.

Author: Ohtsubo, Yohsuke, Miller, Charles E.
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-1031
Year: 2008
Models, Decision-making, Group, Group decision making, Report

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Subjects list: Research, Human behavior, Human acts, Human behaviour
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