Believing is seeing: The effects of racial labels and implicit beliefs on face perception

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 360-370

  Eberhardt, Jennifer L ^a   Dasgupta, Nilanjana ^b   Banaszynski, Tracy L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Implicit beliefs; Racial labels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RACE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037217280     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202250215     Document Type: Review

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