How status and stereotypes impact attributions to discrimination: The stereotype-asymmetry hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-412

  O'Brien, Laurie T ^a   Kinias, Zoe ^b   Major, Brenda ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions to discrimination; Prototypes; Status; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849088833     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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