Shifting ground: The variable use of essentialism in contexts of inclusion and exclusion

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-59

  Morton, Thomas A ^a   Hornsey, Matthew J ^b   Postmes, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749108846     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466607X270287     Document Type: Article

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