Allport's prejudiced personality today: Need for closure as the motivated cognitive basis of prejudice

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 349-354

  Roets, Arne ^a   van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cognitive style; ideology; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755165159     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411424894     Document Type: Review

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