Role of Information Asymmetry and Situational Salience in Reducing Intergroup Bias: The Case of Ultimatum Games

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1671-1683

  Valenzuela, Ana ^a,b   Srivastava, Joydeep ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

attributions; bargaining; information; intergroup bias; social identity; ultimatum games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870198106     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212458327     Document Type: Article

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