Using abstract language signals power

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-55

  Wakslak, Cheryl J ^a   Smith, Pamela K ^b   Han, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Distance; Perception; Power; Social judgment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84902978116     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036626     Document Type: Article

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