The primal warrior: Outgroup threat priming enhances intergroup discrimination in men but not women

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Yuki, Masaki ^a   Yokota, Kunihiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gender difference; Intergroup discrimination; Minimal group paradigm; Outgroup threat; Priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549111390     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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