You want to give a good impression? Be honest! Moral traits dominate group impression formation

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-166

  Brambilla, Marco ^a   Sacchi, Simona ^a   Rusconi, Patrice ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; PERSONALITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858774612     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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