Automatic category activation and social behavior: The moderating role of prejudiced beliefs

Social Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-193

  Brown, Rupert ^a   Croizet, Jean Claude ^b   Bohner, Gerd ^c   Fournet, Marion ^b   Payne, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 1642477705     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.21.3.167.25339     Document Type: Article

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