Do you see what i am? how observers' backgrounds affect their perceptions of multiracial faces

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-78

  Herman, Melissa R ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Congruence; Identity; Multiracial; Perceptions; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953758864     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272510361436     Document Type: Article

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