Brittle smiles: Positive biases toward stigmatized and outgroup targets

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 923-933

  Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a   Koslov, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Overcorrecting; Psychophysiology; Racial bias; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84878975547     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029663     Document Type: Article

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