Essentialism and the expression of social stereotypes: A comparative study of Spain, Brasil and England

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 808-817

  Pereira, Marcos Emanoel ^a   Estramiana, José Luis Álvaro ^b   Gallo, Inge Schweiger ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entitativity; Essentialism; Naturalization; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149439950     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002468     Document Type: Article

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