Chronic and temporarily activated causal uncertainty beliefs and stereotype usage

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-219

  Weary, Gifford ^b   Jacobson, Jill A ^a   Edwards, John A ^c   Tobin, Stephanie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 85047683940     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.2.206     Document Type: Article

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