Motivated cultural worldview adherence and culturally loaded test performance

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-453

  Landau, Mark J ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Rothschild, Zachary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural bias; Motivation; Standardized testing; Stereotype threat; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249179992     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208329630     Document Type: Article

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