Saying no to negativity: The effects of context and motivation to control prejudice on automatic evaluative responses

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-35

  Maddux, William W ^a   Barden, Jamie ^a   Brewer, Marilynn B ^a   Petty, Richard E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Context; Inhibition; Motivation; Prejudice; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944268993     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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