Individual differences and intergroup bias: Divergent dynamics associated with prejudice and stereotyping

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-74

  Newheiser, Anna Kaisa ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitativity; Group perception; Intergroup contact; Need for Structure; Prejudice; Right Wing Authoritarianism; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859899399     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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