Strategies for social inference: A similarity contingency model of projection and stereotyping in attribute prevalence estimates

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-585

  Ames, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; PROJECTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 8744226700     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.573     Document Type: Article

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