Gaining control over responses to implicit attitude tests: Implementation intentions engender fast responses on attitude-incongruent trials

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-32

  Webb, Thomas L ^a   Sheeran, Paschal ^a   Pepper, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RELIGION; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERRORISM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISLAM; MALE; MASCULINITY; REACTION TIME; ROLE; STEREOTYPING; TERRORISM; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 84858761432     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X532192     Document Type: Article

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