Implicit Puritanism in American moral cognition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-320

  Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^a   Poehlman, T Andrew ^b   Tannenbaum, David ^c   Bargh, John A ^d  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American culture; Implicit; Moral intuitions; Protestantism; Puritanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651469612     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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