Smart and easy: Co-occurring activation of spontaneous trait inferences and spontaneous situational inferences

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 434-447

  Ham, Jaap ^a   Vonk, Roos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Intentional inferences; Person perception; Processing goals; Spontaneous situational inference (SSI); Spontaneous trait inference (STI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141463653     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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