Not Yet Human: Implicit Knowledge, Historical Dehumanization, and Contemporary Consequences

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-306

  Goff, Phillip Atiba ^a   Eberhardt, Jennifer L ^b   Williams, Melissa J ^c   Jackson, Matthew Christian ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dehumanization; historical representations; implicit knowledge; racial bias; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEHUMANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEHUMANIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049127510     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.2.292     Document Type: Article

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