The Relationship Between Mental Representations of Welfare Recipients and Attitudes Toward Welfare

Psychological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 92-103

  Brown Iannuzzi, Jazmin L ^a   Dotsch, Ron ^b   Cooley, Erin ^c   Payne, B Keith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

open data; open materials; social cognition; socioeconomic status; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BIAS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STEREOTYPING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009469612     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616674999     Document Type: Article

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