Spontaneous trait transference to familiar communicators: Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-246

  Mae, Lynda ^b   Carlston, Donal E ^b   Skowronski, John J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CUES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033173140     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.2.233     Document Type: Article

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