Smile when you say that: Effects of willingness on dispositional inferences

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 735-742

  Krull, Douglas S ^a   Seger, Charles R ^b   Silvera, David H ^c  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Cognitive load; Distancing cues; Willingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549101504     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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