Effects of stereotypes and suggestion on memory

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-130

  Shechory, Mally ^a,b   Nachson, Israel ^b   Glicksohn, Joseph ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic origin; Memory; Stereotype; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEMORY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SUGGESTION; USSR;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; SUGGESTION; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649138344     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08322217     Document Type: Article

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