Need for cognition can magnify or attenuate priming effects in social judgment

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 900-912

  Petty, Richard E ^a   DeMarree, Kenneth G ^a   Briol, Pablo ^b   Horcajo, Javier ^b   Strathman, Alan J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Bias; Need for cognition; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 44849098725     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208316692     Document Type: Article

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