From women to objects: Appearance focus, target gender, and perceptions of warmth, morality and competence

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 572-581

  Heflick, Nathan A ^a   Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a   Cooper, Douglas P ^a   Puvia, Elisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appearance focus; Dehumanization; Human nature; Infrahumanization; Objectification; Stereotype content model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952818575     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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