Intergroup Biases and the Cognitive Dynamics of Stereotype Formation

Anne Maass

doi:10.1080/14792779143000060

Intergroup Biases and the Cognitive Dynamics of Stereotype Formation

Anne Maass

Psychology

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We propose that cognitive and motivational processes—generally treated as largely independent phenomena—interact in stereotype formation and maintenance such that purely cognitive processes are altered by ingroup-protective biases associated with own group membership. We report four studies on illusory correlation formation showing that processing of group-relevant information by group members, in contrast to unaffiliated observers, is guided by an initial categorization-based ingroup bias.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	189-209
Number of pages	21
Journal	European Review of Social Psychology
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14792779143000060
State	Published - Jan 1 1991

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