Implicit Attitude Generalization From Black to Black–White Biracial Group Members

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 544-550

  Chen, Jacqueline M ^a   Ratliff, Kate A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit attitudes; multiracial person perception; out group homogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930461976     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614567686     Document Type: Article

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