Development and Mental Representation of Stereotypes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1126-1141

  Sherman, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0030162973     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1126     Document Type: Article

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