Stereotypes and schadenfreude: Affective and physiological markers of pleasure at outgroup misfortunes

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Cikara, Mina ^a   Fiske, Susan T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; intergroup processes; social cognition; status; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755228776     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611409245     Document Type: Review

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