Why people stereotype affects how they stereotype: The differential influence of comprehension goals and self-enhancement goals on stereotyping

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-113

  Van Den Bos, Arne ^a   Stapel, Diederik A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Goals; Motivation; Self enhancement; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 58049161934     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208325773     Document Type: Article

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