Stereotype Threat in Interracial Interactions

Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Richeson, Jennifer A ^a   Shelton, J Nicole ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of appearing racist; Interracial interactions; Perceiver; Stereotype threat; Target

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921801388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732449.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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