Irrational categorization, natural intolerance and reasonable discrimination: Lay representations of prejudice and racism

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-243

  Figgou, Lia ^a,c   Condor, Susan ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALBANIA; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALBANIA; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746062007     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X40770     Document Type: Review

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