On the Automatic Evaluation of End-States

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 596-611

  Ferguson, Melissa J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

automatic attitudes; automatic evaluations; automaticity; goal pursuit; implicit motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME;

ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34249704568     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.4.596     Document Type: Article

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