Projecting group liking and ethnocentrism on in-group members: False consensus effect of attitude strength

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-116

  Karasawa, Minoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude strength; Consistency theory; False consensus; In group projection; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042166112     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.t01-1-00014     Document Type: Article

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