The Inherence Heuristic as a Source of Essentialist Thought

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1297-1315

  Salomon, Erika ^a   Cimpian, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

heuristics and biases; inherence heuristic; prejudice; psychological essentialism; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; THINKING;

EID: 84908503102     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214541659     Document Type: Article

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