Do you really understand? Achieving accuracy in interracial relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-92

  Holoien, Deborah Son ^a   Bergsieker, Hilary B ^b   Shelton, J Nicole ^c   Alegre, Jan Marie ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Interracial interactions; Roommates; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925431510     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000003     Document Type: Article

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