The Warm Glow Heuristic: When Liking Leads to Familiarity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1035-1048

  Monin, Benoît ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; RECALL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0346991599     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1035     Document Type: Article

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