Stereotype accuracy: One of the largest and most replicable effects in all of social psychology

Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 31-63

  Jussim, Lee ^a   Crawford, Jarret T ^b   Anglin, Stephanie M ^a   Chambers, John R ^c   Stevens, Sean T ^a   Cohen, Florette ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cuny Staten Island ^*  (United States)

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