The implicit identity effect: Identity primes, group size, and helping

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 785-802

  Levine, Mark ^a   Cassidy, Clare ^b   Jentzsch, Ines ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 78650139086     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X480426     Document Type: Article

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