Evaluative Conditioning: A Review of Functional Knowledge and Mental Process Theories

Associative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Houwer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Attitudes; Evaluative conditioning; Evaluative learning; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921819591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735969.003.0130     Document Type: Chapter

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