Weak Criticisms and Selective Evidence: Reply to Blanton et al. (2009)

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-589

  McConnell, Allen R ^a   Leibold, Jill M ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Litigation Insights   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; Implicit Association Test; implicit attitudes; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649092975     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014649     Document Type: Article

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