Effects of socioeconomic status (SES) information on cognitive ability inferences: When low-SES students make use of a self-threatening stereotype

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-269

  Régner, Isabelle ^a   Huguet, Pascal ^b   Monteil, Jean Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 33746325892     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016313908667     Document Type: Article

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