Increasing perceived variability reduces prejudice and discrimination

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 871-881

  Brauer, Markus ^a,b   Er rafiy, Abdelatif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Out group homogeneity; Perceived variability; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959503018     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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