Cold hearts and bleeding hearts: Disciplinary differences in university students’ sociopolitical orientations

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-241

  Hastie, Brianne ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Attribution theory; Education; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548287915     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.3.211-241     Document Type: Article

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