Suppression and hypothesis testing: Does suppressing stereotypes during interactions help to avoid confirmation biases?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 659-677

  Dumont, Muriel ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent Y ^a   Snyder, Mark ^b   Mathieu, Bernard ^a   Comblain, Christine ^a   Scaillet, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Catholic University of Louvain ^*

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EID: 0141595873     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.177     Document Type: Article

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