On the (mis)categorization of unattractive brides and attractive prostitutes extending evaluative congruency effects to social category activation

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-188

  Ruys, Kirsten I ^a,c   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^b   Corneille, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Automatic evaluation; Categorization; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROSTITUTION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPOUSES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 43949122965     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.3.182     Document Type: Article

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