The Origins of Symbolic Racism

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-275

  Sears, David O ^a   Henry, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMBOLISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0242390977     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.259     Document Type: Review

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