Thinking about gender types: Cognitive organization of female and male types

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-280

  Vonk, Roos ^a,b   Ashmore, Richard D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Social Psychology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141865626     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466603322127247     Document Type: Article

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