When bad isn't all bad
Strategic use of sample information in generalization and stereotyping
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bertjan Doosje (0000-0002-2479-5405), Russell Spears (0000-0001-5244-0575), Willem Koomen |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 642-655 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.69.4.642 |
| OpenAlex | W1999065631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 102 |
| References cited | 6 |
The influence of the reliability and valence of sample information on generalization to in-group and out-group target populations was investigated in 2 studies. In both studies the valence of the information was either favorable (i.e., a positive in-group sample and a negative out-group sample) or unfavorable. The reliability of sample information was manipulated in terms of sample variability (Study 1) and sample size (Study 2). In both studies the perceived central tendency of favorable sample information was directly generalized, but unfavorable and unreliable sample information was not. Moreover, generalizations based on unfavorable and unreliable samples were characterized by enhanced variability estimates for both in-group and out-group populations, thereby undermining unfavorable group differences. These results are discussed in terms of strategic use of sample information in the formation of social stereotypes
Epistemology · Generalization · Group (periodic table · Sample (material · Statistics · Valence (chemistry · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Chemistry · Cultural Differences and Values · Leadership and Management in Organizations · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Statistics Education and Methodologies
Intergroup emotional exchange
Perceived Group Variability in Intergroup Relations
Morality and behavioural regulation in groups
The divisive potential of differences and similarities
Shifting Standards and Contextual Variation in Stereotyping
Perceived Group Variability and the Salience of Personal and Social Identity
Identity Needs Versus Social Opportunities
Using Differentiated Brands to Deflect Exclusion and Protect Inclusion
When groups are wrong and deviants are right
Let me count the ways in which I respect thee
Homogeneity perception as a reaction to identity threat
Stretching the boundaries
We have no quarrel with you”
Sources of respect
The influence of outcome desirability on optimism
Intergroup Distinctiveness and Differentiation
Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes
Self-Enhancement
Uncertainty Reduction, Self-Enhancement, and Ingroup Identification
Predicting the Paths of Peripherals
Motivated Reasoning With Stereotypes
Multiple Social Categorization
Agenda 2000 ? Social judgment and attitudes
The effect of cognitive load on social categorization in the category confusion paradigm
Managing a Social Identity Threat
The effect of comparative context on central tendency and variability judgements and the evaluation of group characteristics
When and Why People Prefer Higher Educated Politicians
Aboriginal Self-Determination in Australia
If your group is (not) great
Defensive Reactions to Group-Relevant Information
Perceptions of Self and Group in the Context of a Threatened National Identity
Antecedents and Consequences of Group-Based Guilt
Separating Status from Power as an Antecedent of Intergroup Perception
Measuring the Measures
If they don’t listen to us, they deserve it”
Reactions to Positive Deviance
Motivation losses in teamwork
A Large-Scale Test of the Reality Constraint and Ingroup Bias Accounts of Women's Support for Male Privilege
Multiple Social Categorization
Stereotypes as Explanations
Is it better to be moral than smart? The effects of morality and competence norms on the decision to work at group status improvement
Sticking together or falling apart
Guilty by association
Malicious pleasure
Defining dimensions of distinctiveness
Identity management by multiple identification – religious leaders and EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
What one says, what many do
Self-Stereotyping in the Face of Threats to Group Status and Distinctiveness
Social identity theory
Self-categorisation, commitment to the group and group self-esteem as related but distinct aspects of social identity
Social Influence in Computer-Mediated Communication
Aboriginal Self-Determination in Australia
Majority, Minority, and Parity
Experiments as Politics
Discrete emotions elucidate the effects of crossed-categorization on prejudice
Discrimination Constrained and Justified
Motivated Social Cognition
Am I In? Influence of Viewers’ Race and Sex on Image Appeal for Higher Education Advertising
We feel, therefore we are
Explanations for the Perpetration of and Reactions to Deception in a Virtual Community
Conflict, what conflict? Evidence that playing down “conflict” can be a weapon of choice for high‐status groups
There is an ‘I’ in truth
Morphosyntactic stereotypes of speakers with different genders and sexual orientations
Country Identity at Risk
Don't Put Me in This Group
Judgment under Uncertainty
Prejudice, discrimination, and racism
Perceived intragroup homogeneity in minority-majority contexts
Prediction and the partial understanding of the law of large numbers
Perceived Intragroup Variability as a Function of Group Status and Identification
Perceptions of Ingroup and Outgroup Variability
| Unique citing works | 65 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 85 |