We value what values us: The appeal of identity-affirming science

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 823-838

  Morton, Thomas A ^a   Alexander Haslam, S ^a   Postmes, Tom ^a   Ryan, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Evaluations of science; Gender; Motivated reasoning; Popularization; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751302595     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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