Only human: Hostile human norms can reduce legitimization of intergroup discrimination by perpetrators of historical atrocities

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 765-783

  Greenaway, Katharine H ^a   Louis, Winnifred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 78650123297     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X479202     Document Type: Article

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