Category accessibility and impression formation

@article{Higgins1977CategoryAA,
  title={Category accessibility and impression formation},
  author={Edward Tory Higgins and W. Steven Rholes and Carl R. Jones},
  journal={Journal of Experimental Social Psychology},
  year={1977},
  volume={13},
  pages={141-154}
}
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