The effect of expertise on the relation between implicit and explicit attitude measures: An information availability/accessibility perspective

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-273

  Czellar, Sandor ^a   Luna, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude measurement; Implicit Association Test; Implicit measures of attitudes; Knowledge and expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955842994     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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