Why are some individuals not racially biased? Susceptibility to affective conditioning predicts nonprejudice toward blacks

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 816-823

  Livingston, Robert W ^a,c   Drwecki, Brian B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548254577     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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