They're All the Same!. . but for Several Different Reasons: A Review of the Multicausal Nature of Perceived Group Variability

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 367-372

  Rubin, Mark ^a   Badea, Constantina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

in group homogeneity; other race effect; out group homogeneity; perceived group variability; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870738637     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412457363     Document Type: Article

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