Implicit theories about groups and stereotyping: the role of group entitativity.

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The consequences of holding an entity (i.e., the belief that a group's characteristics are fixed) or incremental (i.e., the belief that a group's characteristics are malleable) implicit theory about groups was examined for stereotyping and perceptions of group entitativity. Two studies showed that implicit theories about groups affect stereotyping by changing perceptions of group entitativity. Study 1 found that entity theorists were more likely to stereotype than incremental theorists and that perception of group entitativity significantly accounted for this relation. In Study 2, implicit theories of groups were manipulated via instruction set and entity theorists stereotyped more and perceived groups as more entitative than incremental theorists. Again, the effect of implicit theory was significantly, although partially, mediated by perceptions of group entitativity. The roles of implicit theories about groups and perceptions of group entitativity are discussed regarding stereotyping.

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Author/s: Rydell, Robert J (RJ); Hugenberg, Kurt (K); Ray, Devin (D); Mackie, Diane M (DM);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106-9660, USA. rydell(-atsign-)psych.ucsb.edu

Grants: MH 63762 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Personality and social psychology bulletin (Pers Soc Psychol Bull), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Apr; vol 33 (issue 4) : pp 549-58

Dates: Created 2007/04/02; Completed 2007/06/14; Revised 2007/12/03;

PMID: 17363758, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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