Social Categorization and the Formation of Intergroup Attitudes in Children

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 530-543

  Bigler, Rebecca S ^a   Jones, Lecianna C ^b   Lobliner, Debra B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0031284821     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01956.x     Document Type: Article

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