A thoughtful appraisal of measuring cognition using the role category questionnaire

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• Mike Allen is an Assistant Professor, and Edward A. Mabry is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee; Mary Banski is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Mary Banski, Marjorie Stoneman and Paul Carter were M.A. candidates in Communication at UW‐Milwaukee when this report was prepared.
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