Repulsion or attraction? Group membership and assumed attitude similarity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-125

  Chen, Fang Fang ^a   Kenrick, Douglas T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047674612     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.1.111     Document Type: Article

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