Describing a group in positive terms reduces prejudice less effectively than describing it in positive and negative terms

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 757-761

  Brauer, Markus ^a   Er rafiy, Abdelatif ^a   Kawakami, Kerry ^b   Phills, Curtis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Implicit measure; Intervention; Perceived variability; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858079603     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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