Bolstering and undercutting use of the elderly stereotype through communication of exemplars: The role of speaker age and exemplar stereotypicality

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-146

  Duval, Laura Lawson ^b   Ruscher, Janet B ^a   Welsh, Kathryn ^b   Catanese, Sarah P ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034259454     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2203_2     Document Type: Article

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