Moral elevation reduces prejudice against gay men

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-794

  Lai, Calvin K ^a   Haidt, Jonathan ^b   Nosek, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elevation; Implicit Association Test; Prejudice; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAL ELEVATION; MORALITY; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIDEORECORDING; AFFECT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EMOTION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; CANADA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900871037     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.861342     Document Type: Article

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