Lay Theory of Race Affects and Moderates Asian Americans' Responses Toward American Culture

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 991-1004

  No, Sun ^a   Hong, Ying yi ^a   Liao, Hsin Ya ^a   Lee, Kyoungmi ^b   Wood, Dustin ^c   Chao, Melody Manchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; essentialism; lay theories; race; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949117102     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012978     Document Type: Article

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