Lay Theories and Intergroup Relations

Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 111-131

  Levy, Sheri R ^a   Karafantis, Dina M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Entity theory; Intergroup relations; Lay theories; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655176367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269930.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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