On being peripheral and paying attention: Prototypicality and information processing in intergroup conflict

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-78

  Van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   Steinel, Wolfgang ^b   Homan, Astrid C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epistemic motivation; Information processing; Intergroup conflict; Prototypicality; Representative negotiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGOTIATING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881010742     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030988     Document Type: Article

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