Psychological essentialism and attention allocation: Preferences for stereotype-consistent versus stereotype-inconsistent information

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-541

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention allocation; Essentialism; Implicit theories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38149021997     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.5.531-542     Document Type: Article

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