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311:– how the social world determines attitudes and beliefs and how, in turn, those individual beliefs affect the social world." His research program has investigated such topics as the delayed effects of persuasion, attitudes and memory,
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Pratkanis, A. R., Eskenazi, J., & Greenwald, A. G. (1994). What you expect is what you believe (but not necessarily what you get): A test of the effectiveness of subliminal self-help audiotapes.
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Pratkanis, A. R. & Uriel, Y. (2011). The expert snare as an influence tactic: Surf, turf, and ballroom demonstrations of some compliance consequences of being altercast as an expert.
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Turner, M. E., Pratkanis, A. R., Probasco, P., & Leve, C. (1992). Threat, cohesion, and group effectiveness: Testing a social identity maintenance perspective on groupthink.
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Pratkanis, A. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (1993). Consumer involvement, message attention, and the persistence of persuasive impact in a message-dense environment.
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Pratkanis, A. R., & Farquhar, P. H. (1992). A brief history of research on phantom alternatives: Evidence for seven empirical generalizations about phantoms.
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Pratkanis, A. R., & Turner, M. E. (1999). The significance of affirmative action for the souls of white folk: Further implications of a helping model.
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Pratkanis, A. R., & Turner, M. E. (1996). Persuasion and democracy: Strategies for increasing deliberative participation and enacting social change.
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Rucker, D. D., & Pratkanis, A. R. (2001). Projection as an interpersonal influence tactic: The effects of the pot calling the kettle black.
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Santos, M. D., Leve, C., & Pratkanis, A. R. (1994). Hey buddy, can you spare seventeen cents? Mindful persuasion and the pique technique.
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Greenwald, A. G., Spangenberg, E. R., Pratkanis, A. R., & Eskenazi, J. (1991). Double-blind tests of subliminal self-help audiotapes.
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Horvitz, T., & Pratkanis, A. R. (2002). A laboratory demonstration of the fraudulent telemarketers' 1-in-5 prize tactic.
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Influence, Volume 1 2006, Issue-1 Editorial: and Inaugural Issue".
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Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
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Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
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Science Brief – October 2005 Psychological Science Agenda
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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 73
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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 73
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990:(Brochure ed.). Buffalo, NY: CSICOP. 2010.
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