Race is gendered: How covarying phenotypes and stereotypes bias sex categorization

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-131

  Johnson, Kerri L ^a   Freeman, Jonathan B ^b   Pauker, Kristin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Person perception; Race perception; Sex perception; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RACE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855308071     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025335     Document Type: Article

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