Abandoning a label doesn't make it disappear: The perseverance of labeling effects

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-131

  Foroni, Francesco ^a,b   Rothbart, Myron ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Labeling effect; Perseverance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867491563     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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