The personal-group discrepancy: Is there a common information basis for personal and group judgment?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-109

  Kessler, Thomas ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a   Leisse, Utta Kristin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034222486     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.95     Document Type: Article

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