How the linguistic intergroup bias affects group perception: Effects of language abstraction on generalization to the group

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-108

  Assilaméhou, Yvette ^a   Lepastourel, Nadia ^b   Testé, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

Author keywords

Generalization to the group; Language abstraction; Linguistic intergroup bias; Social attribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871212583     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2012.711380     Document Type: Article

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