The Social Psychology of Stereotyping and Group Life

by Spears, Russell; Oakes, Penelope J.; Ellemers, Naomi; Haslam, S. Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780631197720
• ISBN10: 0631197729
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-23
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Stereotyping - the process of perceiving and reacting to people in terms of their group membership - is a widespread phenomenon, and one of the most widely investigated topics in social psychology. This new book is about the causes and consequences of stereotyping. It begins from the premise that, in order to understand the nature and function of stereotyping, it is essential to understand its role in, and relationship to, the activities of social groups. In so doing, it provides an alternative to more cognitive approaches that regard stereotyping primarily as a bias produced by the limits of individual information processing. The contributors debate and challenge a range of traditional beliefs about stereotyping by exploring its social functions in intergroup contexts. They also tackle a range of thorny problems in sterotyping and related literatures: including the question of sterotype accuracy, why stereotypes develop and are widely shared, and how stereotypes and sterotyping impact upon people's self-esteem and self-definition. In short, this book examines how stereotypes are structured by social identities and the relations between groups.

Author Biography

Russell Spears is Professor of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Penelope J. Oakes is a Senior Lecturer in psychology at the Australian National University. Naomi Ellemers is a Lecturer at the Free University of Amsterdam. S. Alexander Haslam is a Lecturer at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii	(1)
List of contributors	viii
1 Introduction: The Social Psychology of Stereotyping and Group Life	1	(19)
Russell Spears
Penelope J. Oakes
Naomi Ellemers
S. Alexander Haslam
2 Stereotypes as Explanations: A Subjective Essentialistic View of Group Perception	20	(31)
Vincent Yzerbyt
Steve Rocher
Georges Schadron
3 Asking the Accuracy Question: Is Measurement the Answer?	51	(21)
Penelope J. Oakes
Katherine J. Reynolds
4 Changing the Stereotype of the Stereotype	72	(22)
Stephen Worchel
Hank Rothgerber
5 Stereotype Construction as a Strategy of Influence	94	(25)
Stephen Reicher
Nick Hopkins
Susan Condor
6 Stereotyping and Social Influence: Foundations of Stereotype Consensus	119	(25)
S. Alexander Haslam
7 Stereotype Formation: Beyond Illusory Correlation	144	(27)
Craig McGarty
Anne-Marie de la Haye
8 Stereotyping and the Burden of Cognitive Load	171	(37)
Russell Spears
S. Alexander Haslam
9 Stereotyping in Social Context	208	(28)
Naomi Ellemers
Ad van Knippenberg
10 Categorization, Recategorization and Common Ingroup Identity	236	(21)
Phyllis Anastasio
Betty Bachman
Samuel Gaertner
John Dovidio
11 Stereotyping under Threat: The Role of Group Identification	257	(16)
Bertjan Doosje
Naomi Ellemers
12 Interdependence, Social Identity and Discrimination	273	(23)
Richard Y. Bourhis
John C. Turner
Andre Gagnon
13 The Self-esteem Hypothesis Revisited: Differentiation and the Disaffected	296	(22)
Karen Long
Russell Spears
14 Self and Group in Modern Society: Ten Theses on the Individual Self and the Collective Self	318	(18)
Bernd Simon
15 Commentary: Individual, Group and System Levels of Analysis and their Relevance for Stereotyping and Intergroup Relations	336	(23)
Charles Stangor
John T. Jost
References	359	(42)
Author Index	401
Subject Index