When Not Thinking Leads to Being and Doing: Stereotype Suppression and the Self

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Wyer, Natalie A ^a   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^b   Perfect, Timothy J ^a   Calvini, Guglielmo ^a   Neilens, Helen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active self concept; behavior; stereotype suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051719922     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609359946     Document Type: Article

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