Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 708-724

  Galinsky, Adam D ^a   Moskowitz, Gordon B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034168090     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.708     Document Type: Article

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