Judging a Group by Sampling Members: How the Subdivision of a Minority Affects Its Perceived Size and Influence.

The authors used a frequency sampling paradigm to investigate how perceptions of a minority group's size and influence are affected by the manner in which the subgroup structure of the minority is presented. Participants in two experiments read sequentially sampled opinions that hypothetical members...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 148; no. 1; pp. 91 - 105
Autores principales: Hofmann, Wilhelm, Windschitl, Paul D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd February 2008
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