The Social Psychology of Stereotyping and Group Life
1. Edition December 1996
436 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Stereotyping - the process of perceiving and reacting to people in
terms of their group membership - is a widespread phenomenon, and
one of the most widely investigated topics in social psychology.
This new book is about the causes and consequences of stereotyping.
It begins from the premise that, in order to understand the nature
and function of stereotyping, it is essential to understand its
role in, and relationship to, the activities of social groups. In
so doing, it provides an alternative to more cognitive approaches
that regard stereotyping primarily as a bias produced by the limits
of individual information processing.
The contributors debate and challenge a range of traditional
beliefs about stereotyping by exploring its social functions in
intergroup contexts. They also tackle a range of thorny problems in
sterotyping and related literatures: including the question of
sterotype accuracy, why stereotypes develop and are widely shared,
and how stereotypes and sterotyping impact upon people's
self-esteem and self-definition. In short, this book examines how
stereotypes are structured by social identities and the relations
between groups.
List of Contributors.
1. Introduction: The Social Psychology of Stereotyping and Group
Life. Russell Spears, Penelope J. Oakes, Naomi Ellemers and S.
Alexander Haslam.
2. Stereotypes as Explanations: A Subjective Essentialistic View
of Group Perception. Vincent Yzerbyt, Steve Rocher and Georges
Schadron.
3. Asking the Accuracy Question: Is Measurement the Answer?.
Penelope J. Oakes and Katherine J. Reynolds.
4. Changing the Stereotype of the Stereotype. Stephen Worcel and
Hank Rothgerber.
5. Stereotype Construction as a Strategy of Influence. Stephen
Reicher, Nick Hopkins and Susan Condor.
6. Stereotyping and Social Influence: Foundations of Stereotype
Consensus. S. Alemxander Haslam.
7. Stereotype Formation: Beyond Illusionary Correlation. Craig
McGarty and Anne-Marie de la Haye.
8. Stereotyping and the Burden of Cognitive Load. Russell Spears
and S. Alexander Haslam.
9. Stereotyping in Social Context. Naomi Ellemers and Ad van
Knippenberg.
10. Categorization, Recategorization and Common Ingroup
Identity. Phyllis Anatasio, Betty Bachman, Samuel Gaertner and John
Dovidio.
11. Stereotyping under Threat: The Role of Group Identification.
Bertjan Doosje and Naomi Ellemers.
12. Interdependence, Social Identity and Discrimination. Richrad
Y. Bourhis, John C. Turner and Andre Gagnon. 13. The Self-esteem
Hypothesis Revisited: Differentiation and the Disaffected. Karen
Long and Russell Spears.
14. Self and Group in Modern Society: Ten Theses on the
Individual Self and the Collective Self. Bernd Simon.
15. Commentary: Individual, Group and System Levels of Aanlysis
and their Relevance for Stereotyping and Intergroup Relations.
Charles Stangor and John T. Jost.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
and in-depth analysis of social stereotypes and stereotyping."
Thomas Eckes, Bergische University, Germany
"This is a volume that should be read-and definetly will be
talked about-by all researches interested in stereotyping and
intergroup relations. The research and theoretical developments
presented demand a profound reassessment, their social
consequences, and the ideological functions served. This excellent
collection of chapters represents a major leap forward in our
understanding of stereotyping processes from an intergroup
perspective." Professor Nyla R. Branscombe, University of
Kansas
