Suspicion of White people's motives relates to relative accuracy in detecting external motivation to respond without prejudice

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-4

  LaCosse, Jennifer ^a   Tuscherer, Taylor ^b   Kunstman, Jonathan W ^b   Plant, E Ashby ^a   Trawalter, Sophie ^c   Major, Brenda ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional ambiguity; Intergroup relations; Prejudice, interracial interactions, stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936777852     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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