Is the attribution of cultural differences to minorities an expression of racial prejudice?

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-28

  Vala, Jorge ^a,b   Pereira, Cicero ^c   Costa Lopes, Rui ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ethnicization; Infra humanization; Ontologization; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PORTUGAL; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049177652     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590802057837     Document Type: Article

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