When "different" means "worse": In-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-83

  Waldzus, Sven ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^b   Wenzel, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

In group projection; Intergroup relations; Relative prototypicality; Superordinate category

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944247541     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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