The cognitive representation of self-stereotyping

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 911-922

  Latrofa, Marcella ^a   Vaes, Jeroen ^a   Cadinu, Mara ^a   Carnaghi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ingroup identification; Self anchoring; Self ingroup overlap; Self stereotyping; Social projection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; PROJECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953956114     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210373907     Document Type: Article

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