Posing with the flag: Trait-specific effects of symbols on person perception

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Carlston, Donal E ^a   Mae, Lynda ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Associations; Impression formation; Person perception; Spontaneous trait inference; Spontaneous trait transference; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847277978     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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