Perceiving Social Inequity: When Subordinate-Group Positioning on One Dimension of Social Hierarchy Enhances Privilege Recognition on Another

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1420-1427

  Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby ^a   Tost, Leigh Plunkett ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

disadvantage; gender; hierarchy; privilege; race; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations; social perception; status

Indexed keywords

STATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISADVANTAGE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HIERARCHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIVILEGE; RACE; RACIAL AND ETHNIC ATTITUDES AND RELATIONS; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DISADVANTAGE; GENDER; HIERARCHY; PRIVILEGE; RACE; RACIAL AND ETHNIC ATTITUDES AND RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATUS;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881230799     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612473608     Document Type: Article

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