Are we puppets on a string? comparing the impact of contingency and validity on implicit and explicit evaluations

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-569

  Peters, Kurt R ^a   Gawronski, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Automatic processes; Control; Dual process models; Implicit cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953691436     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211400423     Document Type: Article

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