Stereotypes and implicit social comparison: Shifts in comparison-group focus

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 452-459

  Collins, Elizabeth C ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^a   Biernat, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit comparisons; Shifting standards; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744513078     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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