TY - JOUR
T1 - Are stereotypes accurate? A perspective from the cognitive science of concepts
AU - Bian, Lin
AU - Cimpian, Andrei
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Joe Cimpian, David Yeager, Alice Eagly, and the members of the Cognitive Development Lab at the University of Illinois for helpful comments on previous drafts of this commentary. The writing of this commentary was supported in part by National Science Foundation grant BCS-1530669.
Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In his 2012 book, Jussim suggests that people's beliefs about various groups (i.e., their stereotypes) are largely accurate. We unpack this claim using the distinction between generic and statistical beliefs - a distinction supported by extensive evidence in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and philosophy. Regardless of whether one understands stereotypes as generic or statistical beliefs about groups, skepticism remains about the rationality of social judgments.
AB - In his 2012 book, Jussim suggests that people's beliefs about various groups (i.e., their stereotypes) are largely accurate. We unpack this claim using the distinction between generic and statistical beliefs - a distinction supported by extensive evidence in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and philosophy. Regardless of whether one understands stereotypes as generic or statistical beliefs about groups, skepticism remains about the rationality of social judgments.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X15002307
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X15002307
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28327213
AN - SCOPUS:85016220350
VL - 40
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e3
ER -