The internal structure of social categories: Components and predictors

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-605

  Worthen, James B ^a   Hutchens, Scott A ^b   Roark, Bret ^b   Gutierrez, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Brownsville ^*

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EID: 0039295149     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423552     Document Type: Article

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