Reducing prejudice: Combating intergroup biases

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Dovidio, John F ^a   Gaertner, Samuel L ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Intergroup contact; Prejudice; Racism; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245788     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00024     Document Type: Article

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