Ours is human: On the pervasiveness of infra-humanization in intergroup relations

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-251

  Paladino, Maria Paola ^a   Vaes, Jeroen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 67649099426     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X322882     Document Type: Article

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