The effects of target confidence, type of influence system, and admission of influence upon influence source attributions of having exerted influence were studied in the context of a persuasion experiment. An influence system x admission of influence interaction effect characterized the participants' attributions of influence. The study was discussed in terms of Schopler and Layton's (1972a) model of attributed influence.
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