On the costs of accessible attitudes: Detecting that the attitude object has changed

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-210

  Fazio, Russell H ^a   Ledbetter, Janet E ^b   Towles Schwen, Tamara ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034132108     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.197     Document Type: Article

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