title: The ABC of stereotypes about groups: Agency/socioeconomic success, conservative-progressive beliefs, and communion.
abstract: Previous research argued that stereotypes differ primarily on the 2 dimensions of warmth/communion and competence/agency. We identify an empirical gap in support for this notion. The theoretical model constrains stereotypes a priori to these 2 dimensions; without this constraint, participants might spontaneously employ other relevant dimensions. We fill this gap by complementing the existing theory-driven approaches with a data-driven approach that allows an estimation of the spontaneously employed dimensions of stereotyping. Seven studies (total N = 4,451) show that people organize social groups primarily based on their agency/socioeconomic success (A), and as a second dimension, based on their conservative-progressive beliefs (B). Communion (C) is not found as a dimension by its own, but rather as an emergent quality in the two-dimensional space of A and B, resulting in a 2D ABC model of stereotype content about social groups. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Imhoff
authors.affiliation: Social and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dotsch
authors.affiliation: Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unkelbach
authors.affiliation: Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping