Measuring associative strength: Category-item associations and their activation from memory

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-25

  Fazio, Russell H ^a   Williams, Carol J ^b   Powell, Martha C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accessibility; Associative strength; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034144927     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00175     Document Type: Article

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