Perspective-taking increases willingness to engage in intergroup contact

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Cynthia S ^a   Tai, Kenneth ^b   Ku, Gillian ^c   Galinsky, Adam D ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSPECTIVE TAKING; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899879518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085681     Document Type: Article

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