Individual differences in race schematicity as predictors of African American and white children's race-relevant memories and peer preferences

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 400-419

  Levy, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Racial stereotyping; Schematicity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034540872     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596721     Document Type: Article

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