Inferring Category Characteristics from Sample Characteristics: Inductive Reasoning and Social Projection

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-68

  Krueger, Joachim ^a   Clement, Russell W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0030093449     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.1.52     Document Type: Article

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