The central role of entitativity in stereotypes of social categories and task groups

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-388

  Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^a   Hamilton, David L ^b   Sherman, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitativity; Group perception; Group types; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; LANGUAGE; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947493092     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.369     Document Type: Article

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