Color blindness and interracial interaction: Playing the Political Correctness Game

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 949-953

  Norton, Michael I ^a   Sommers, Samuel R ^b   Apfelbaum, Evan P ^b   Pura, Natassia ^b   Ariely, Dan ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33845319764     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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