Intergroup discrimination in the minimal group paradigm: Categorization, reciprocation, or fear?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-94

  Gaertner, Lowell ^a   Insko, Chester A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034222282     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.77     Document Type: Article

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