Mood and heuristics: The influence of happy and sad states on sensitivity and bias in stereotyping

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1005-1023

  Park, Jaihyun ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034204132     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.6.1005     Document Type: Article

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