Stereotypes as Explanations
Stereotypes as Explanations
Vincent Y. Yzerbyt , Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Russell Spears , Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Stereotyping is one of the most important issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. This book explores the process of stereotype formation; the way people develop impressions and view social groups. Conventional approaches to stereotyping assume that stereotypes are based on erroneous and distorted processes, but the authors of this unique study have a very different view. They propose that stereotypes form to explain aspects of social groups and; in particular; to explain relationships between groups.
- First book devoted to stereotype formation
- Considers the cognitive approach in great detail, but goes beyond the traditional approach
- Deals with the rapidly emerging view of stereotyping as explanation in far more detail than any previously published book
Product details
August 2002Paperback
9780521804820
242 pages
229 × 152 × 14 mm
0.36kg
3 b/w illus. 5 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Social, cultural, and cognitive factors in stereotype formation Craig McGarty, Vincent Y. Yzerbyt and Russell Spears
- 2. Stereotype formation as category formation Craig McGarty
- 3. Subjective essentialism and the emergence of stereotypes Vincent Y. Yzerbyt and Steve Rocher
- 4. The role of theories in the formation of stereotype content Patricia M. Brown and John C. Turner
- 5. Illusory correlation and stereotype formation: making sense of group differences and cognitive biases Mariëtte Bernsden, Russell Spears, Joop van der Pligt and Craig McGarty
- 6. Dependence and the formation of stereotyped beliefs about groups: from interpersonal to intergroup perception Olivier Corneille and Vincent Y. Yzerbyt
- 7. Four degrees of stereotype formation: differentiation by any means necessary Russell Spears
- 8. From personal pictures in the head to collective tools in the world: how shared stereotypes allow groups to represent and change social reality S. Alexander Haslam, John C. Turner, Penelope J. Oakes, Katherine J. Reynolds and Bertjan Doosje
- 9. Conclusion: stereotypes are selective, variable and contested explanations Craig McGarty, Russell Spears and Vincent Y. Yzerbyt.
