Social categorization and stereotyping: 'You mean I'm one of "them"?'

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Johnson, Craig ^a   Schaller, Mark ^b   Mullen, Brian ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 17144466195     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164291     Document Type: Article

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