On the relation between spontaneous trait inferences and intentional inferences: An inference monitoring hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Ferreira, Mário B ^a   Garcia Marques, Leonel ^a   Hamilton, David ^b   Ramos, Tania ^a   Uleman, James S ^c   Jeronimo, Rita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Automatic; Cognitive load; Impression formation inference monitoring; Intentional; PDP; Spontaneous trait inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162198     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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