Implicit Misattribution as a Mechanism Underlying Evaluative Conditioning

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 933-948

  Jones, Christopher R ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^a   Olson, Michael A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude formation; attitudes; evaluative conditioning; misattribution

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

AFFECT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649100476     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014747     Document Type: Article

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