Methodological Issues in the Validation of Implicit Measures: Comment on De Houwer, Teige-Mocigemba, Spruyt, and Moors (2009)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-372

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   LeBel, Etienne P ^a   Peters, Kurt R ^a   Banse, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

automaticity; control; implicit measures; validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; CONTROL; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; CUES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549140618     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014820     Document Type: Article

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