Attraction, Personality, and Prejudice: Liking None of the People Most of the Time

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-582

  Graziano, William G ^a   Bruce, Jennifer ^a   Sheese, Brad E ^a   Tobin, Renée M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agreeableness; anti fat; discrimination; prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 35448932795     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.565     Document Type: Article

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