Easing in: Fluent processing brings others into the ingroup

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-455

  Claypool, Heather M ^a   Housley, Meghan K ^b   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a   Bernstein, Michael J ^c   Mackie, Diane M ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colby College   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

categorization; fluency; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863220625     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212439115     Document Type: Article

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