In an experiment with 292 housewives, need for social approval and cognitive task importance was used to divide respondents into groups with predominantly problem-solving or social goals. The first group reacted more to competence of the source of a persuasive message, the second more to its social attractiveness. Rejection of the message led to a less favorable view of the source by subjects with social goals.
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