Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Titel der Quelle:
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Angaben zur Quelle:
8 (2005) 3 ; 271-290, Online-Ressource
DDC:
303.3
Abstract:
Abstract: This paper investigated the hypotheses that (a) inferences from behaviors to traits would occur more frequently than vice versa, (b) this induction-deduction asymmetry would be facilitated by stereotype congruence but inhibited by incongruence, and (c) the tendency to draw trait inferences from stereotype-congruent but not from stereotype-incongruent behaviors would become more pronounced with increasing levels of Need for Cognitive Closure. Participants read information about a female or male job applicant that was in part relevant to gender, in part gender-neutral. The gender-relevant information was either stereotype-congruent or incongruent. Half of the information was presented as trait-adjectives, half as behavior-descriptive verbs. A recognition task was constructed so that some of the items (traits and behaviors) had actually been seen, some were entirely new, and some were new but had been implied by the information given. All three hypotheses were supported. Implications
Note:
Postprint
,
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
DOI:
10.1177/1368430205053943
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-227834
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-227834
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430205053943
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