Stereotypes and Prejudices (Plural)
Stereotype content model.
Sociofunctional model of threats and prejudices.
- Threat of disease & its implications.
- Threat of physical harm & its implications.
“Stereotype Content Model”
Different stereotypes with different contents:
- Linked to different emotional responses.
- Implications for different forms of discrimination.
- Applied to different categories of people.
“Sociofunctional” model of threats and prejudices:
Threat of disease & its implications
- Specific prejudice against people who appear “non-normal.”
- (Disgust; disease-connoting cognitions; avoidance).
- This prejudice exaggerated when feel vulnerable to infection.
- Disease threat also contributes to xenophobia.
- Example: Pregnancy and ethnocentrism.
- Example: Disease threat and immigration attitudes (Faulkner et al., 2004).
- Prejudice reduced when feel less vulnerable to infection.
(e.g., prejudice-reducing effect of vaccination; Huang et al., 2011).
Threat of physical harm & its implications
- Effect of being-in-the-dark (Schaller, Park, & Faulkner, 2003):
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In the Light
In the Dark
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Ingroup bias in perceptions of
trustworthiness
Ingroup bias in perceptions of
competence
- Effect of being outnumbered (or just feeling outnumbered):