The inherence heuristic: a key theoretical addition to understanding social stereotyping and prejudice.
Prior work has detailed the constructivist processes that lead individuals to categorize others along particular dimensions (e.g., gender) and generate the content (e.g., stereotypes) and affect (e.g., prejudices) associated with social groups. The inherence heuristic is a novel mechanism that appears to shape the content and rigidity of children's social stereotypes and prejudices.
Department of Psychology,University of Texas,Austin,TX 78712.rebeccabigler28@gmail.comcaitlinclark11@gmail.com.
Rebecca S
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Bigler
Department of Psychology,University of Texas,Austin,TX 78712.rebeccabigler28@gmail.comcaitlinclark11@gmail.com.
Caitlin
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Clark
D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008128:Logic