Violations of implicit theories and the sense of prediction and control: Implications for motivated person perception

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-262

  Plaks, Jason E ^a   Dweck, Carol S ^b   Grant, Heidi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 13444273485     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.2.245     Document Type: Article

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