Would an Obese Person Whistle Vivaldi? Targets of Prejudice Self-Present to Minimize Appearance of Specific Threats

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 678-687

  Neel, Rebecca ^a   Neufeld, Samantha L ^a   Neuberg, Steven L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

minority groups; prejudice; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations; threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877350497     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612458807     Document Type: Article

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