Feeling in with the outgroup: Outgroup acceptance and the internalization of the motivation to respond without prejudice

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-457

  Kunstman, Jonathan W ^a   Plant, E Ashby ^b   Zielaskowski, Kate ^b   LaCosse, Jennifer ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Motivation; Needs; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882609987     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033082     Document Type: Article

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