The "saying is repeating" effect: Dyadic communication can generate cultural stereotypes

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-174

  Bratanova, Boyka ^a   Kashima, Yoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

audience tuning; culture; interpersonal communication; shared reality; stereotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894524004     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2013.874326     Document Type: Article

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