Interpersonal processes: The interplay of cognitive, motivational, and behavioral activities in social interaction

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 273-303

  Snyder, Mark ^a   Stukas Jr , Arthur A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral confirmation; Expectations; Hypothesis testing; Perceptual confirmation; Self fulfilling prophecies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CAUSALITY; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0032609357     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.273     Document Type: Article

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