Labeling bias and categorical induction: Generative aspects of category information

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 538-553

  Yamauchi, Takashi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 20444477550     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.3.538     Document Type: Article

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