Structural Properties of Stereotypic Knowledge and Their Influences on the Construal of Social Situations

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 526-543

  Wittenbrink, Bernd ^a   Gist, Pamela L ^b   Hilton, James L ^b  

^a C74 Harper Center   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031528368     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.3.526     Document Type: Article

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