No benefit of the doubt: Intergroup bias in understanding causal explanation

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 531-543

  Beal, Daniel J ^a   Ruscher, Janet B ^a   Schnake, Sherry B ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Mary of the Woods College   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOUISIANA; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035757224     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466601164966     Document Type: Article

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