Seeing Race and Seeming Racist? Evaluating Strategic Colorblindness in Social Interaction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-932

  Apfelbaum, Evan P ^a   Sommers, Samuel R ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

executive function; interracial interaction; nonverbal behavior; normative influence; regulatory behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949102337     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011990     Document Type: Article

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