Shifting Standards and Contextual Variation in Stereotyping

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-137

  Biernat, Monica ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 85051106482     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792772143000030     Document Type: Article

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