Reconstruing Intolerance: Abstract Thinking Reduces Conservatives' Prejudice Against Nonnormative Groups

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 756-763

  Luguri, Jamie B ^a   Napier, Jaime L ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

personal values; prejudice; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863971500     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611433877     Document Type: Article

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