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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Author(s) -
Johnston Lucy,
Locke Vance,
Giles Louise,
Rattray Kate
Publication year - 1997
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.1559-1816.1997.tb00656.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stereotype (uml) , social psychology , trait , generalization , perception , stereotype threat , epistemology , philosophy , neuroscience , computer science , programming language
The impact of the activation of positive and negative components of an ethnic stereotype on judgments of responsibility for both positive and negative stereotypic behaviors was considered. Overall, stereotype activation biased judgments in a stereotype‐consistent manner, across both positive and negative scenarios. Generalization of these judgments to more global trait perceptions of the target was limited to the negative scenario. Results are discussed in terms of both the use of stereotypes as inferential shortcuts and in‐group favoritism mechanisms.