Motivated social categorization: Fundamental motives enhance people's sensitivity to basic social categories

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-83

  Maner, Jon K ^a   Miller, Saul L ^b   Moss, Justin H ^a   Leo, Jennifer L ^a   Ashby Plant, E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Evolutionary psychology; Mating; Motivation; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871690225     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028172     Document Type: Article

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