The role of evaluative conditioning in attitude formation

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Walther, Eva ^a   Weil, Rebecca ^a   Düsing, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

attitudes; awareness; evaluative conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957810930     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411408771     Document Type: Article

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