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mere thought effect: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

the polarization of an attitude that occurs simply from thinking about the attitude object over time, without any new information.

In social psychology, mere thought effect refers to the polarization of an attitude that occurs simply from thinking about the attitude object over time, without any new information. This meaning comes from Tesser (1975) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Tesser, A., & Conlee, M. C. (1975). Some effects of time and thought on attitude polarization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(2), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0076292

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