Living in a Genetic World: How Learning About Interethnic Genetic Similarities and Differences Affects Peace and Conflict

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 688-700

  Kimel, Sasha Y ^a   Huesmann, Rowell ^b   Kunst, Jonas R ^a,c,d   Halperin, Eran ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

conflict; culture ethnicity; essentialism; genetics; genocide

Indexed keywords

ARAB; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN RELATION; JEW; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENOCIDE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JEWS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962646077     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216642196     Document Type: Article

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