Automatic Prejudice in Childhood and Early Adolescence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-374

  Degner, Juliane ^a   Wentura, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adolescence; automatic attitudes; childhood; development; implicit prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TURKEY;

EID: 77649094347     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017993     Document Type: Article

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