Do negative implicit associations indicate negative attitudes? Social explanations moderate whether ostensible "negative" associations are prejudice-based or empathy-based

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1082-1093

  Andreychik, Michael R ^a   Gill, Michael J ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward outgroups; Empathy; Explanation attribution; IAT; Implicit measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863306721     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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