Positive-negative asymmetry in social discrimination: Valence of evaluation and salience of categorization

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1258-1270

  Mummendey, Amélie ^a   Otten, Sabine ^a   Berger, Uwe ^a   Kessler, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0034340280     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200262007     Document Type: Review

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