Representing ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Building Blocks of Intergroup Cognition

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 780-801

  Baron, Andrew Scott ^a   Dunham, Yarrow ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84947030260     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2014.1000459     Document Type: Article

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