Contextual influences on implicit evaluation: A test of additive versus contrastive effects of evaluative context stimuli in affective priming

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1226-1236

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   Deutsch, Roland ^b   Seidel, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Automatic evaluation; Context effects; Contrast effects; Implicit attitudes

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 24344472720     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205274689     Document Type: Article

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