Children's communication of the linguistic intergroup bias and its impact upon cognitive inferences

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-104

  Werkman, Wolanda M ^a   Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^a   Semin, Gün R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033068203     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199902)29:1<95::AID-EJSP898>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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