Person Categorization and Stereotyping

• Published in: Social cognition Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 161 - 185
• Main Authors: Zarate, Michael A., Smith, Eliot R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Guilford 01.06.1990; Guilford Press
• Subjects: Behavior. Attitude; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Interpersonal perception; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social psychology; Social theory; Stereotypes; Human; Social perception; Social interaction; Race; Sex; Stereotype; Social attribution; Categorization

Research on stereotyping has often ignored the issues that arise when (as in real-life interaction) a target person falls into multiple overlapping categories. A newly developed method, the social category verification task, is used to test hypotheses concerning the speed of access of racial and gen...