Linking automatic evaluation to mood and information processing style: Consequences for experienced affect, impression formation, and stereotyping

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-77

  Chartrand, Tanya L ^a,d   Van Baaren, Rick B ^b,e   Bargh, John A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Automatic evaluation; Impression formation; Mood; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33244470361     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.70     Document Type: Article

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