The return of dispositionalism: On the linguistic consequences of dispositional suppression

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-272

  Geeraert, Nicolas ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent Y ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a,b   Wigboldus, Daniël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Correspondence bias; Disposition; Error; Interference; Language; Linguistic; Procedural; Rebound; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542720837     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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