Strong Rebuttal for Weak Criticisms: Reply to Blanton et al. (2009)

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 590-597

  Ziegert, Jonathan C ^a   Hanges, Paul J ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; Implicit Association Test; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749100825     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014661     Document Type: Article

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