Taking the watchdog off its leash: Personal prejudices and situational motivations jointly predict derogation of a stigmatized source

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-223

  Livingston, Stephen D ^a,c   Sinclair, Lisa ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy motivation; Directional motivation; Discrimination; Persuasion; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOALS; HUMANS; MANITOBA; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; UNIVERSITIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 38349051456     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207310028     Document Type: Article

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