CONNECTIONIST MODELS AND PERCEPTIONS OF ATYPICAL GROUP M

我们经常遇到刻板印象的群体成员，他们不符合 刻板印象，人们可能会认为在这些接触中最终会带来 关于刻板印象的改变。直觉上，这一点尤其正确。 当非典型群体成员都与同一个群体中的刻板印象相矛盾时 道路。然而，搜索表明，刻板印象很难 改变，特别是最典型群组成员的子群 是亚型的，或在心理上与群体的其他成员隔离的，以便 他们在改变刻板印象方面是无效的。中的研究 这项建议调查了可能影响有效性的变量。 在鼓励改变刻板印象方面具有高度非典型性的群体成员。在……里面 此外，这里报道的研究调查了 学习非典型群体成员的连接主义网络。 连接主义的记忆模型正在受到广泛的关注 认知性文学，很可能将它们纳入我们的 思考行为和思想的社会方面将有助于1) 鼓励从新的角度思考社会记忆 可能导致对社会现象的新预测，以及2)允许 社会现象，以告知这些模式的发展 在整个心理学中变得越来越普遍。

We frequently encounter members of stereotyped groups that do not fit the stereotype, and one might think at these encounters would eventually bring about stereotype change. Intuitively, this should be particularly true when the atypical group members all contradict the stereotype in the same way. However, search indicates that stereotypes are very difficult to change and, in particular, that subgroups of highly typical group members are subtyped, or mentally segregated from the rest of the group such that they are ineffective in bringing about stereotype change. The studies in this proposal investigate variables that might moderate the effectiveness of highly atypical group members in encouraging stereotype change. In addition, the studies reported here investigate the abilities of connectionist networks to model learning bout atypical group members. Connectionist models of memory are receiving substantial attention in the cognitive literature, and it is probable that incorporating them into our thinking about social aspects of behavior and thought will serve to 1) encourage thinking about social memory from a new perspective that ill potentially lead to new predictions about social phenomena, and 2) allow social phenomena to inform he development of these models that are becoming increasingly prevalent throughout psychology.