Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes: I. Long-Term Change and Stability From 2007 to 2016

Psychological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 174-192

  Charlesworth, Tessa E S ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit association test; implicit attitude change; long term change; open data; open materials; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060166757     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797618813087     Document Type: Article

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