The halo effect: Evidence for unconscious alteration of judgments

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 250-256

  Nisbett, Richard E ^a   Wilson, Timothy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

influence of global evaluations on evaluations of attributes, awareness of halo effect, college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149405130     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.35.4.250     Document Type: Article

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