Framing social judgment: Self-ingroup comparison and perceived discrimination

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-236

  Quinn, Kimberly A ^a,b   Olson, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation and contrast; Perceived discrimination; Self other biases; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037256466     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202239048     Document Type: Article

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