Political mindset: Effects of schema priming on liberal-conservative political positions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 890-895

  Bryan, Christopher J ^a   Dweck, Carol S ^a   Ross, Lee ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Mislavsky, Natalia O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ideology; Political psychology; Schemas; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650744547     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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