Meaning-seeking in the illusory correlation paradigm: The active role of participants in the categorization process

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-233

  Berndsen, Mariëtte ^a   McGarty, Craig ^b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^a   Spears, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0035379891     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466601164821     Document Type: Article

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