Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model
The aim of the study was to investigate the stereotype contents toward woman subgroups and relate these contents to social-structural predictors and sexism. In this respect, 119 university students were recruited for the first study and they were asked to rate 10 woman subgroups in terms of their co...
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| description | The aim of the study was to investigate the stereotype contents toward woman subgroups and relate these contents to social-structural predictors and sexism. In this respect, 119 university students were recruited for the first study and they were asked to rate 10 woman subgroups in terms of their competence and warmth, and their status and competitiveness. Participants' level of sexism was also measured using ambivalent sexism scale. The findings of the first study revealed that competence and warmth were the two fundamental dimensions of the stereotype contents, these stereotypes could be depicted in three clusters, the content of many women stereotypes were mixed, and status was linked to competence and competition was related to lack of warmth. Besides replicating the main hypotheses of stereotype content model, the findings supported its two basic assumptions, i.e. negative stereotypes are not necessary to reveal stereotype clusters and personal stereotypes are more open to motivational concerns. Finally, sexism was related only with competition, but not with stereotype contents. Since, high competent / high warm cluster was not observed in the first study, the number of woman subgroups was increased in the second study. Thus, 86 university students were asked to rate 18 women subgroups on the scales used in the first study. Results replicated the findings of the first study, supporting the main hypothesis of stereotype content model. The findings of the studies were discussed in the light of relevant literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-610bfb7cca674e2f88b7f8a34ce4abe02023-02-15T16:22:25ZengSada Institute of Art and Language StudiesNesne Psikoloji Dergisi2147-64892147-64892016-12-014814718210.7816/nesne-04-08-01Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content ModelTimucin Aktan0Gulnihal Bilim 1Nuh Naci Yazgan Toros The aim of the study was to investigate the stereotype contents toward woman subgroups and relate these contents to social-structural predictors and sexism. In this respect, 119 university students were recruited for the first study and they were asked to rate 10 woman subgroups in terms of their competence and warmth, and their status and competitiveness. Participants' level of sexism was also measured using ambivalent sexism scale. The findings of the first study revealed that competence and warmth were the two fundamental dimensions of the stereotype contents, these stereotypes could be depicted in three clusters, the content of many women stereotypes were mixed, and status was linked to competence and competition was related to lack of warmth. Besides replicating the main hypotheses of stereotype content model, the findings supported its two basic assumptions, i.e. negative stereotypes are not necessary to reveal stereotype clusters and personal stereotypes are more open to motivational concerns. Finally, sexism was related only with competition, but not with stereotype contents. Since, high competent / high warm cluster was not observed in the first study, the number of woman subgroups was increased in the second study. Thus, 86 university students were asked to rate 18 women subgroups on the scales used in the first study. Results replicated the findings of the first study, supporting the main hypothesis of stereotype content model. The findings of the studies were discussed in the light of relevant literature.http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1474368161.pdfcompetencewarmthstereotype contentssexism |
| spellingShingle | Timucin Aktan Gulnihal Bilim Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi competence warmth stereotype contents sexism |
| title | Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model |
| title_full | Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model |
| title_fullStr | Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model |
| title_short | Contents of Stereotypes toward Woman Subgroups: An Investigation in the Framework of Stereotype Content Model |
| title_sort | contents of stereotypes toward woman subgroups an investigation in the framework of stereotype content model |
| topic | competence warmth stereotype contents sexism |
| url | http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1474368161.pdf |
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