"Prejudiced" behavior without prejudice? Beliefs about the malleability of prejudice affect interracial interactions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-471

  Carr, Priyanka B ^a   Dweck, Carol S ^a   Pauker, Kristin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs about malleability; Intergroup relations; Interracial interactions; Prejudice; Prejudice beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RACISM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE RELATIONS; RACISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874006648     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028849     Document Type: Article

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