Identity motives and cultural priming: Cultural (dis)identification in assimilative and contrastive responses

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1151-1159

  Zou, Xi ^a   Morris, Michael W ^a   Benet Martínez, Verónica ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Contrast; Cultural icon prime; Motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549086969     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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