Biased allocation of faces to social categories

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 999-1014

  Dotsch, Ron ^a   Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^a   van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Face processing; Implicit association; Prejudice; Social categorization; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958730149     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023026     Document Type: Article

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