Enduring pictures in our heads: The continuance of authoritarianism and racial stereotyping

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-359

  Cribbs, Sarah E ^a   Austin, D Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; authoritarianism; personality measures; prejudice; racial stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HISTORY; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79954467092     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934710370451     Document Type: Article

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