Ethnophaulisms and exclusion: The behavioral consequences of cognitive representation of ethnic immigrant groups

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1056-1067

  Mullen, Brian ^a   Rice, Diana R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnophaulisms; Exclusion; Hate speech; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STATISTICS;

COGNITION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 0042709297     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203254505     Document Type: Article

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