Accountability moderates member-to-group generalization: Testing a dual process model of stereotype change

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 676-685

  Paolini, Stefania ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^b   McIntyre, Kylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Generalization; Judgment vigilance; Meta cognition; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650720717     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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