The Development of In-Group Favoritism: Between Social Reality and Group Identity

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 901-911

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   De Wolf, Angela ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

group identity; in group favoritism; social reality; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34548168072     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.901     Document Type: Article

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