Social Exclusion and Early-Stage Interpersonal Perception: Selective Attention to Signs of Acceptance

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 729-741

  DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Maner, Jon K ^b   Rouby, D Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliation; attention; reconnection; rejection; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STUDENT; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349169434     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014634     Document Type: Article

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