Intergroup Prejudices and Intergroup Conflicts

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 401-414

  Schaller, Mark ^a   Neuberg, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85144396147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888155-33     Document Type: Chapter

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