Prejudice at the Nexus of Race and Gender: An Outgroup Male Target Hypothesis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 933-945

  Navarrete, Carlos David ^a   McDonald, Melissa M ^a   Molina, Ludwin E ^b   Sidanius, Jim ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Intergroup bias; Prejudice; Sex differences; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CHARACTER; COERCION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954809845     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017931     Document Type: Article

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