The Negation Bias: When Negations Signal Stereotypic Expectancies

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 978-992

  Beukeboom, Camiel J ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Interpersonal communication; Language; Negation; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 78649979749     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020861     Document Type: Article

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