How do individuals expect to be viewed by members of lower status groups? Content and implications of meta-stereotypes.
Three studies demonstrated that meta-stereotypes held by members of dominant groups about how their group is viewed by a lower status group have important implications for intergroup relations. Study 1 confirmed that White Canadians hold a shared negative meta-stereotype about how they are viewed by Aboriginal Canadians; Studies 2 and 3 extended these results to people's beliefs about an individual out-group member's impressions of them. Feeling stereotyped was associated with negative emotions about intergroup interaction as well as decreases in current self-esteem and self-concept clarity. The perceptions of low- and high-prejudiced persons (LPs and HPs) diverged in a manner consistent with their distinct personal values and group identifications. LPs held a more negative meta-stereotype than did HPs. However, in a one-on-one interaction, HPs sensed that they were stereotyped, whereas LPs felt that they conveyed a counterstereotypical impression.
Vorauer
J D
JD
Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. vorauer@cc.umanitoba.ca
Main
K J
KJ
O'Connell
G B
GB
D044467:American Indian or Alaska Native / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D008350:Manitoba; D011287:Prejudice; D012649:Self Concept; D012923:Social Class; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology