Two faces of (dis)similarity in affective judgments of persons: Contrast or assimilation effects revealed by Morphs

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-411

  Ruys, Kirsten I ^a,e   Spears, Russell ^a,b,f   Gordijn, Ernestine H ^c   De Vries, Nanne K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Comparison; Dissimilarity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STUDENT;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33745088615     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.399     Document Type: Article

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