Common sense and conflict: Impact of lay theories on intergroup relationships;Sentido común y conflicto: Impacto de las teorías legas sobre relaciones intergrupales

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-344

  Ramírez, Luisa ^a   Levy, Shery ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA KONRAD LORENZ   (Colombia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Intergroup relations; Just; Law theory antipathies; Lay theories; Prejudice; Protestant work ethic; Stereotype (psychology); Stereotypes; World belief

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650565652     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11144/javeriana.upsy9-2.scci     Document Type: Article

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