Intergroup flexibility and people's views of African Americans

We propose that individual differences in intergroup flexibility are associated with differences in the stereotypicality of views of certain groups. Intergroup flexibility refers to the tendency to recognize and respond to concurrent similarities and differences among diverse groups including one�...

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Published in:International journal of intercultural relations 2004-09, Vol.28 (5), p.373-398
Main Authors: Brown, Lisa M., Boniecki, Kurt A., Walters, Alyssa M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Black American people
Difference
Ethnicity
Flexibility
Inflexibility
Intergroup relations
Open-minded
Personality
Racial stereotypes
Rigidity
Schema
Similarity
Similarity bias
Social identity complexity
Social identity theory
Stereotype
USA
Views of African Americans
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Summary:We propose that individual differences in intergroup flexibility are associated with differences in the stereotypicality of views of certain groups. Intergroup flexibility refers to the tendency to recognize and respond to concurrent similarities and differences among diverse groups including one's own. Study 1 found significantly more of the characteristics listed about African Americans overlapped with the cultural stereotype for intergroup inflexible participants than for intergroup flexible participants. Study 2 revealed priming of category labels led inflexible participants to rate a target more stereotypically than flexible participants. Study 3 demonstrated that flexible people relative to inflexible people are not ignorant of the stereotype of African Americans.
ISSN:0147-1767
1873-7552
DOI:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2004.08.001