Understanding the relations between different forms of racial prejudice: A cognitive consistency perspective

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-665

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   Peters, Kurt R ^a   Brochu, Paula M ^a   Strack, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Univ Wrzburg Josef Schneider S   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive racism; Cognitive consistency; Implicit prejudice; Modern racism; Old fashioned racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 42149191945     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207313729     Document Type: Article

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