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Effects of Anticipated Interaction, Sex, and Homosexual Stereotypes on First Impressions 1
Author(s) -
Gurwitz Sharon B.,
Marcus Melinda
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1978.tb00764.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , stereotype (uml) , stimulus (psychology) , same sex , developmental psychology , male homosexuality , cognitive psychology , men who have sex with men , medicine , syphilis , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The effects of anticipated interaction on liking were examined, with the person being evaluated sometimes being presented as a member of a negatively stereotyped group. The stereotype studied was that associated with male homosexuals. The standard effect of anticipated interaction causing increased liking was obtained when females rated either a homosexual or a non‐ homosexual male and when males rated a nonhomosexual male. When males anticipated interacting with a homosexual male, however, they rated him less favorably than did males who did not anticipate interacting with him. It was also found that both males and females liked the stimulus person less and attributed stereotypic traits to him more when he was homosexual than when he was not. These latter effects were stronger for males than for females.