The effects of receiving positive or negative primes on an instructor's evaluation

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-160

  Wheeler, R W ^a   Wright, Loyd ^a   Frost, Chris ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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