Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: The role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 599-614

  Meiser, Thorsten ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 8744248960     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.599     Document Type: Article

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