"We" are familiar but "It" is not: Ingroup pronouns trigger feelings of familiarity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Housley, Meghan K ^a   Claypool, Heather M ^a   Garcia Marques, Teresa ^b   Mackie, Diane M ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Intergroup relations; Positivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449703286     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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