Reactions to a Black professional: Motivated inhibition and activation of conflicting stereotypes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 885-904

  Sinclair, Lisa ^a,b   Kunda, Ziva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CANADA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033227340     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.885     Document Type: Article

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