Construal level mind-sets moderate self- and social stereotyping

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-68

  McCrea, Sean M ^a   Wieber, Frank ^b   Myers, Andrea L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construal level theory; Self construal; Social categorization; Stereotype threat; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855317092     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026108     Document Type: Article

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