When the half affects the whole: Priming identity for biracial individuals in social interactions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-371

  Gaither, Sarah E ^a   Sommers, Samuel R ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biracial identity; Intergroup process; Interracial interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873291549     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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