TY - JOUR
T1 - Illusory Correlation and Social Categorization
T2 - Toward an Integration of Motivational and Cognitive Factors in Stereotype Formation
AU - Schaller, Mark
AU - Maass, Anne
PY - 1989/5
Y1 - 1989/5
N2 - Investigated the effect of group membership on the processes underlying the formation of group stereotypes. In two studies, Ss were randomly assigned to a majority group, a minority group, or neither group (control). Ss were then presented with 48 short statements in which other in-group and out-group members displayed desirable and undesirable behaviors, with either desirable or undesirable behaviors occurring more frequently. Across these items there was no correlation between group membership and desirability of behavior. In Study 1, measures of covariation perception showed that control Ss formed biased impressions of the group, consistent with a memory-based process of stereotype formation. Group members' perceptions showed little evidence of this bias. In Study 2, group members showed evidence of an in-group bias, with further evidence suggesting that these biased judgments were not dependent upon memory processes. Discussion focuses on the complexity of stereotyping processes introduced by social categorization.
AB - Investigated the effect of group membership on the processes underlying the formation of group stereotypes. In two studies, Ss were randomly assigned to a majority group, a minority group, or neither group (control). Ss were then presented with 48 short statements in which other in-group and out-group members displayed desirable and undesirable behaviors, with either desirable or undesirable behaviors occurring more frequently. Across these items there was no correlation between group membership and desirability of behavior. In Study 1, measures of covariation perception showed that control Ss formed biased impressions of the group, consistent with a memory-based process of stereotype formation. Group members' perceptions showed little evidence of this bias. In Study 2, group members showed evidence of an in-group bias, with further evidence suggesting that these biased judgments were not dependent upon memory processes. Discussion focuses on the complexity of stereotyping processes introduced by social categorization.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.56.5.709
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.56.5.709
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001762504
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 56
SP - 709
EP - 721
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 5
ER -