Big Fish in Small Ponds: A Social Hierarchy Analysis of Intergroup Bias

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1210-1221

  Seta, John J ^a   Seta, Catherine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 0030333434     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.6.1210     Document Type: Article

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