Feedback to Minorities: Evidence of a Positive Bias

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 622-628

  Harber, Kent D ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032011397     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.3.622     Document Type: Article

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