When internalization leads to automatization: The role of self-determination in automatic stereotype suppression and implicit prejudice regulation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-24

  Legault, Lisa ^a   Green Demers, Isabelle ^b   Eadie, Allison L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Implicit motivation; Prejudice regulation; Self determination; Self regulation; Stereotype; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650470440     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-008-9110-4     Document Type: Article

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