Dichotomous thinking about social groups: Learning about one group can activate opposite beliefs about another group

Volume: 129, Pages: 101408 - 101408
Published: Sep 1, 2021
Abstract
Across three studies (N = 607), we examined people's use of a dichotomizing heuristic-the inference that characteristics belonging to one group do not apply to another group-when making judgments about novel social groups. Participants learned information about one group (e.g., "Zuttles like apples"), and then made inferences about another group (e.g., "Do Twiggums like apples or hate apples?"). Study 1 acted as a proof of concept:...
Paper Details
Title
Dichotomous thinking about social groups: Learning about one group can activate opposite beliefs about another group
Published Date
Sep 1, 2021
Volume
129
Pages
101408 - 101408
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