Efficiency and defense motivated ingroup projection: Sources of protoypicality in intergroup relations

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-681

  Rosa, Miriam ^a   Waldzus, Sven ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Information processing; Ingroup projection; Intergroup context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858082663     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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