The asymmetrical force of persuasive knowledge across the positive-negative divide
In two experimental studies we explore to what extent the general effects of positive and negative framing also apply to positive and negative persuasion. Our results reveal that negative persuasion induces substantially higher levels of skepticism and awareness of being subjected to a persuasion at...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01324/full |