The ingroup as pars pro toto: Projection from the ingroup onto the inclusive category as a precursor to social discrimination

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-473

  Wenzel, Michael ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^b   Weber, Ulrike ^b   Waldzus, Sven ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual identity; Intergroup relations; Prototypicality; Self categorization; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROJECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0037234071     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202250913     Document Type: Article

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