The black-white malleability gap in implicit racial evaluations: A nationally representative study

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 189-203

  Pinkston, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

balanced identity theory; Black identity; IAT; implicit attitudes; race; system justification theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928581775     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2014.987200     Document Type: Article

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