Group variability judgments: Investigating the context-dependence of stereotypicality and dispersal judgments

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 455-470

  Hopkins, Nick ^a   Cable, Isobelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0035459550     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466601164920     Document Type: Article

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