Patterns of implicit and explicit attitudes in children and adults: Tests in the domain of religion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 864-879

  Heiphetz, Larisa ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit attitudes; Intergroup attitudes; Prejudice; Religion; Social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RELIGION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888022155     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029714     Document Type: Article

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