A novel view of between-categories contrast and within-category assimilation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 406-422

  Quellar, Sarah ^a   Schell, Terry ^b   Mason, Winter ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Categorization; Contrast; Stereotype accuracy; Stereotype stereotyping

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33748564292     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.406     Document Type: Article

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