title: Meta-stereotype activation: evidence from indirect measures for specific evaluative concerns experienced by members of dominant groups in intergroup interaction.
abstract: Six experiments demonstrated that dominant group members readily frame intergroup interaction in terms of how they themselves are evaluated. The authors used indirect measures of meta-stereotype activation to assess dominant group members' inclination to spontaneously consider an out-group member's (ostensible) stereotypic expectations about them. The necessary conditions for meta-stereotype activation were rather minimal, but the potential for evaluation by an out-group member--as opposed to mere exposure to the person--was required. Individual differences involving the importance accorded to social evaluation (public self-consciousness and personal importance of racial attitudes) were associated with meta-stereotype activation, whereas racial attitudes were not. Two studies in which evaluative orientation was manipulated directly demonstrated a link between thinking in terms of how one is viewed and the activation and application of meta-stereotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. vorauer@cc.umanitoba.ca
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Vorauer
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Main
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping