Seeing eye-to-eye: Do intergroup biases operate similarly for younger and older adults?

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-139

  Chasteen, Alison L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 22244461192     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/07Q7-BWYT-NC9E-51FX     Document Type: Article

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