Habits as knowledge structures: Automaticity in goal-directed behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Aarts, Henk ^a   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HABITS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 0033629491     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.53     Document Type: Article

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