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PUBLIC COMMITMENT, DELAY AFTER COMMITMENT, AND CHANGE IN VERBALIZED EXPECTANCIES.

N F WATT
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N F WATT. 1965. PUBLIC COMMITMENT, DELAY AFTER COMMITMENT, AND CHANGE IN VERBALIZED EXPECTANCIES.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1965.tb01387.x

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