I Like Her, Because I Like Myself: Self-Evaluation as a Source of Interpersonal Attitudes

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-246

  Walther, Eva ^a   Trasselli, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Attitude formation; Contrast; Evaluative conditioning; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDITIONING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0642365118     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//1618-3169.50.4.239     Document Type: Article

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