Spontaneous prejudice in context: Variability in automatically activated attitudes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 815-827

  Wittenbrink, Bernd ^a   Judd, Charles M ^b   Park, Bernadette ^b  

^a C74 Harper Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 85047684285     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.5.815     Document Type: Article

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