Does status affect intergroup perceptions of humanity?

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-377

  Capozza, Dora ^a   Andrighetto, Luca ^b   di Bernardo, Gian Antonio ^a   Falvo, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complementary status stereotypes; Humanity GNAT; Humanity IAT; Ingroup's status; Intergroup perceptions of humanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859559694     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211426733     Document Type: Article

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