Ability to take an out-group's perspective in explaining positive and negative behaviors

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-412

  Austers, Ivars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Ethnic groups; Intergroup biases; Perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ART; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; CARTOONS; COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036884574     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00308     Document Type: Article

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