Affect in the abstract: Abstract mindsets promote sensitivity to affect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1185-1191

  Critcher, Clayton R ^a   Ferguson, Melissa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract mindset; Affect; Attitude behavior consistency; Concrete mindset; Construal level; Emotional Stroop

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051883856     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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