Inferences Are For Doing: The Impact of Approach and Avoidance States on the Generation of Spontaneous Trait Inferences

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-278

  Crawford, Matthew T ^a   McCarthy, Randy J ^b   Kjærstad, Hanne Lie ^a   Skowronski, John J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action preparation; approach avoidance; embodied cognition; physical warmth; spontaneous trait inference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84873719635     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212473158     Document Type: Article

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