Entitativity of generations, age groups and cohorts as perceived by young adults

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-280

  Bangerter, Adrian ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort; Entitativity; Generation; Intergroup relations; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244461311     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.4.273     Document Type: Article

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