Perspective taking undermines stereot ype maintenance processes: Evidence from social memory, behavior explanation, and information solicitation

Social Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-108

  Todd, Andrew R ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856153445     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.1.94     Document Type: Article

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