Category and Stereotype Activation: Is Prejudice Inevitable?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-287

  Lepore, Lorella ^a,b   Brown, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0031475436     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.2.275     Document Type: Article

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