Implicit theories about groups and stereotyping: The role of group entitativity

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-558

  Rydell, Robert J ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^b   Ray, Devin ^a   MacKie, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitativity; Groups; Implicit theories; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947679193     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206296956     Document Type: Article

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