Evaluative conditioning as a symbolic phenomenon: On the relation between evaluative conditioning, evaluative conditioning via instructions, and persuasion

Social Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 480-494

  De Houwer, Jan ^a   Hughes, Sean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evaluative conditioning; Instructions; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

MODEL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; STIMULUS;

EID: 84990985708     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2016.34.5.480     Document Type: Article

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