Moral judgments about jewish-arab intergroup exclusion: The role of cultural identity and contact

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-99

  Brenick, Alaina ^a   Killen, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural identity; Intergroup contact; Intergroup exclusion; Moral judgments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JEW; MALE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JEWS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891826219     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034702     Document Type: Article

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