To be or not to be: The impact of implicit versus explicit inappropriate social categorizations on the self

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-67

  Barreto, Manuela ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Scholten, Wieke ^b   Smith, Heather ^c  

^a Centre for Social Research and Intervention   (Portugal)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952783126     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X400830     Document Type: Article

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