Nonconscious behavioral confirmation processes: The self-fulfilling consequences of automatic stereotype activation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 541-560

  Chen, Mark ^a   Bargh, John A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031215307     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1997.1329     Document Type: Article

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