Implicit race bias revisited: On the utility of task context in assessing implicit attitude strength

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 366-370

  Scherer, Laura D ^a,b   Lambert, Alan J ^c  

^a VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context effects; Contrast effects; Evaluative priming; Implicit attitudes; Implicit race bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162225     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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