Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination

1970/11/01 by Henri Tajfel · 2,545 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research #Psychology #Social and Intergroup Psychology

paper · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1170-96

published in Scientific American 223(5), 96-102 (Springer Nature)

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