Blinded by the Accent! The Minor Role of Looks in Ethnic Categorization

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-29

  Rakić, Tamara ^a   Steffens, Melanie C ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Who said what?" paradigm; Accents; Ethnolinguistic identity theory; Multinomial model; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751536856     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021522     Document Type: Article

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