Perspective taking combats the denial of intergroup discrimination

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 738-745

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Intergroup relations; Perspective taking; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858081409     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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