The Interplay of Controlled and Automatic Processing in the Expression of Spontaneously Inferred Traits: A PDP Analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-240

  McCarthy, Randy J ^a   Skowronski, John J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression formation; Process dissociation procedure; Spontaneous trait inferences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951566525     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021991     Document Type: Article

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