Membership Status and Subjective Group Dynamics: Who Triggers the Black Sheep Effect?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-119

  Pinto, Isabel R ^a   Marques, José M ^a   Levine, John M ^b   Abrams, Dominic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

black sheep effect; group socialization; social identity; subjective group dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953904015     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018187     Document Type: Article

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