The long, steep path to equality: Progressing on egalitarian goals

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-197

  Mann, Nikki H ^a   Kawakami, Kerry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blacks; Bogus pipeline; Egalitarian goals; Goal progress; Ingroup bias; Outgroup discrimination; Prejudice; Racial bias; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861724966     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025602     Document Type: Article

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