Subtle priming of shared human experiences eliminates threat-induced negativity toward Arabs, immigrants, and peace-making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1179-1184

  Motyl, Matt ^a   Hart, Joshua ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^c   Weise, David ^d   Maxfield, Molly ^c   Siedel, Angelika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Implicit; Peace making; Prejudice; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051905335     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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