Discrimination between dominant and subordinate groups: The positive-negative asymmetry effect and normative processes

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-308

  Amiot, Catherine E ^a,b   Bourhis, Richard Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 21244453883     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466604X17605     Document Type: Article

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