Social attribution, correspondence bias, and the emergence of stereotypes

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-240

  Rogier, Anouk ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attribution; Entitativity; Essence; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033235681     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.58.4.233     Document Type: Article

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