Nomina Sunt Omina: On the Inductive Potential of Nouns and Adjectives in Person Perception

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 839-859

  Carnaghi, Andrea ^a   Maass, Anne ^b   Gresta, Sara ^b   Bianchi, Mauro ^c   Cadinu, Mara ^b   Arcuri, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

essentialism; language; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43249101109     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.839     Document Type: Article

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