Evaluative Conditioning. The "How" Question

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue C, 2010, Pages 205-255

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 77954090299     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(10)43005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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