Mentality or morality? Membership categorization, multiple meanings and mass murder

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-444

  Rapley, Mark ^a   McCarthy, David ^a   McHoul, Alec ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141790058     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466603322438242     Document Type: Article

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