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@article{citeulike:4433468, abstract = {2 hypotheses, derived from Festinger's theory of cognitive differences were tested: following a decision, persons tend to seek information that favors the chosen alternative and to avoid information that favors the rejected alternative; and the more important the decision, the greater is the subsequent selectivity in exposure to information. The method involved eliciting attitudes from college students as to various conditions regarding examination procedures. The hypotheses were supported. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Mills, Judson and Aronson, Elliot and Robinson, Hal}, citeulike-article-id = {4433468}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&id=F1C9F674-AAE4-49FA-4B5F-7F3344846B33&resultID=1&page=1&dbTab=pa}, journal = {Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology}, keywords = {attitudes, cognitive-dissonance, psychology, social-psychology, uniref}, month = {September}, number = {2}, pages = {250--253}, posted-at = {2009-04-29 13:15:01}, priority = {0}, title = {Selectivity in exposure to information}, url = {http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&id=F1C9F674-AAE4-49FA-4B5F-7F3344846B33&resultID=1&page=1&dbTab=pa}, volume = {59}, year = {1959} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4433468 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4433468 N2 - 2 hypotheses, derived from Festinger's theory of cognitive differences were tested: following a decision, persons tend to seek information that favors the chosen alternative and to avoid information that favors the rejected alternative; and the more important the decision, the greater is the subsequent selectivity in exposure to information. The method involved eliciting attitudes from college students as to various conditions regarding examination procedures. The hypotheses were supported. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) IS - 2 JF - Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology EP - 253 TI - Selectivity in exposure to information VL - 59 SP - 250 KW - attitudes KW - cognitive-dissonance KW - psychology KW - social-psychology KW - uniref AU - Mills, Judson AU - Aronson, Elliot AU - Robinson, Hal PY - 1959/09// UR - http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&id=F1C9F674-AAE4-49FA-4B5F-7F3344846B33&resultID=1&page=1&dbTab=pa ER -