The effects of implicit and explicit security priming on creative problem solving

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-531

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b   Rom, Eldad ^c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment anxiety; Creative problem solving; Security priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY PRIMING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CREATIVENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952727236     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.540110     Document Type: Article

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