A tool for thought! When comparative thinking reduces stereotyping effects
A tool for thought! When comparative thinking reduces stereotyping effects
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.015
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发表时间：
2009-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Mussweiler, Thomas
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作者：
Corcoran, Katja;Hundhammer, Tanja;Mussweiler, Thomas
刻板印象对人们如何看待他人和如何对待他人有着普遍的、强烈的、往往是不必要的影响。消除这些影响已被证明是一项艰巨的任务。两项研究表明，程序启动参与者进行比较思维，普遍关注差异，减少行为和判断的刻板印象的影响。在第一项研究中，那些在程序上被引导关注差异的参与者坐得更靠近光头党--一个负面刻板印象群体的成员。在研究2中，参与者启动差异归因于较少的性别刻板印象特征的男性和女性的目标人物。这表明，以差异为重点的比较思维可能是一种简单的认知工具，以减少刻板印象的行为和判断效果。(C)2009爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Stereotypes have pervasive, robust, and often unwanted effects on how people see and behave towards others. Undoing these effects has proven to be a daunting task. Two studies demonstrate that procedurally priming participants to engage in comparative thinking with a generalized focus on differences reduces behavioral and judgmental stereotyping effects. In Study 1, participants who were procedurally primed to focus on differences sat closer to a skinhead - a member of a negatively stereotyped group. In Study 2, participants primed on differences ascribed less gender stereotypic characteristics to a male and female target person. This suggests that comparative thinking with a focus on differences may be a simple cognitive tool to reduce the behavioral and judgmental effects of stereotyping. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.