Found in translation: Cross-cultural consensus in the accurate categorization of male sexual orientation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1499-1507

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Ishii, Keiko ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c   Rosen, Katherine S ^c   Hallett, Katherine C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; person perception; sexual orientation; social categorization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPAIN; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052860885     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211415630     Document Type: Article

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