Finding our way in the social world : Exploring the dimensions underlying social classification

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 329-348

  Pattyn, Sven ^a   Rosseel, Yves ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mental representation; Social classification; Social dimensions; Social stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885968206     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000130     Document Type: Article

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