MEASURES AND MODELS OF PERCEIVED GROUP VARIABILITY
MEASURES AND MODELS OF PERCEIVED GROUP VARIABILITY
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.59.2.173
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发表时间:
1990-08-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
JUDD, CM
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作者:
PARK, B;JUDD, CM
This article examines alternative measures of perceived variability of a group. The pattern of correlations among the measures suggests that variability can be thought of in 2 ways: the perceived dispersion of group members from the group central tendency and the extent to which the group is seen as fitting the group stereotype. Evidence of out-group homogeneity was present for both types of variability judgments, using men and women as the target groups. Judgments of group variability were not predicted by the variance of a retrieved set of group members around their own mean. In the case of the in-group, judgments of variability were predicted by the discrepancy of the retrieved set of group members from the group mean. Likewise, in-group, but not out-group, variability was also predicted by discrepancy of self from the group mean. A 2nd study using talk-aloud protocols revealed that the self and subgroups were more likely to be discussed when one was making variability judgments about the in-group than about the out-group. Instances of the group were almost never discussed for the in-group and were discussed for the out-group. Implications of the results for models of group variability judgments are discussed.