The activation of specific facets of age stereotypes depends on individuating information

Social Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-414

  Casper, Catharina ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a   Wentura, Dirk ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 80051692868     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2011.29.4.393     Document Type: Article

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