"Meaningful" social inferences: Effects of implicit theories on inferential processes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 738-752

  Molden, Daniel C ^a   Plaks, Jason E ^b   Dweck, Carol S ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Cognitive load; Dual processes; Implicit theories; Inference; Social judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748899875     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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