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Climate Science Glossary
Return to glossary listMcGuire & Papageorgis (1961)
Also: McGuire & Papageorgis 1961, McGuire and Papageorgis 1961, McGuire and Papageorgis (1961)
The relative efficacy of various types of prior belief-defense in producing immunity against persuasion
McGuire, W. J., & Papageorgis, D. (1961). The relative efficacy of various types of prior belief-defense in producing immunity against persuasion. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 62(2), 327. Link to abstract
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0042026
References
All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.
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