Stigmatized targets and evaluation: Prejudice as a determinant of attribute scrutiny and polarization

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 496-507

  Fleming, Monique A ^a,d   Petty, Richard E ^b   White, Paul H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 15844418327     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271585     Document Type: Article

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