Perceived entitativity and the black-sheep effect: When will we denigrate negative ingroup members?

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-225

  Lewis, Amy C ^a   Sherman, Steven J ^b  

^a DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black sheep effect; Entitativity; Ingroup bias; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; ORGANIZATIONS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77649107772     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540903366388     Document Type: Article

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