The social aetiology of essentialist beliefs.
This commentary highlights the importance of attending to the sociocultural contexts that foster essentialist ideas. It contends that Cimpian & Salomon's (C&S's) model undervalues the extent to which the development of essentialist beliefs is contingent on social experience. The result is a restriction of the model's applicability to real-world instances of essentialism-fuelled prejudice and discrimination.
Division of Psychology & Language Sciences,University College London,London WC1H 0AP,United Kingdom.oconnor.c@ucl.ac.ukh.joffe@ucl.ac.ukhttps://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=COCON80http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/CPB/people/cpb-staff/h_joffe.
Cliodhna
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O'Connor
Division of Psychology & Language Sciences,University College London,London WC1H 0AP,United Kingdom.oconnor.c@ucl.ac.ukh.joffe@ucl.ac.ukhttps://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=COCON80http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/CPB/people/cpb-staff/h_joffe.
Helene
H
Joffe
D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008128:Logic