Automatic social behavior as motivated preparation to interact

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 893-910

  Cesario, Joseph ^a   Plaks, Jason E ^b   Higgins, E Tory ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic social behavior; Automaticity; Perception behavior link; Preparatory interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746216552     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.893     Document Type: Article

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