The motives underlying stereotype-based discrimination against members of stigmatized groups

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^a   Brescoll, Victoria L ^b   Machery, Edouard ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian prejudice; Bayesian racism; Rationality; Social dominance orientation; Stereotyping; System justification; Threatened egotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949456565     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0110-7     Document Type: Article

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