Social categorization at the crossroads: Mechanisms by which intersecting social categories bias social perception

Social Thinking and Interpersonal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 201-220

  Johnson, Kerri L ^a   Carpinella, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203139677     Document Type: Chapter

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