Putting Stereotype Content in Context: Image Theory and Interethnic Stereotypes
Open Access
- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 31 (6), 781-794
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271550
Abstract
Two studies apply intergroup image theory to better understand divergent interethnic images and to highlight the important role of intergroup context and perceived intergroup relations in shaping the content of social stereotypes. Image theory hypothesizes that specific interethnic stereotypes arise from specific patterns of perceived intergroup competition, relative power, and relative cultural status. Results from surveying Black, White, and Native Americans’ appraisals of intergroup relations and reported outgroup stereotypes in various intergroup contexts suggest that the content of outgroup stereotypes varies systematically as a function of the perceived state of intergroup relations and the intergroup context in which these groups are situated. The data reported from both studies establish the importance of examining social stereotypes from a functional perspective in the context of intergroup relations.Keywords
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