Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments.
Three studies investigated contingency learning and stereotype formation in a scenario about group membership and behavior with a confounding context factor. The studies tested predictions from theoretical accounts of biased group judgments in terms of simplistic reasoning, parallel distributed memo...
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| description | Three studies investigated contingency learning and stereotype formation in a scenario about group membership and behavior with a confounding context factor. The studies tested predictions from theoretical accounts of biased group judgments in terms of simplistic reasoning, parallel distributed memory, and pseudocontingencies. Study 1 revealed a positive correlation between erroneous stereotype formation and learning of the true contingencies with the confounding factor. Study 2 showed that a focus manipulation during encoding moderated the correlation between stereotype formation and contingency learning but not the strength of the erroneous stereotype. Study 3 used a quasiexperimental comparison between participants with biased versus unbiased group judgments and extended the findings of a positive relation between stereotype formation and contingency learning. The results support an explanation of biased group judgments by pseudocontingencies; that is, unwarranted inferences from accurately perceived bivariate correlations in complex environments. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5ec9d4b8-856e-4b33-b8f6-3ea4c2049ced2022-03-26T17:42:55ZCognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5ec9d4b8-856e-4b33-b8f6-3ea4c2049cedEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Meiser, THewstone, MThree studies investigated contingency learning and stereotype formation in a scenario about group membership and behavior with a confounding context factor. The studies tested predictions from theoretical accounts of biased group judgments in terms of simplistic reasoning, parallel distributed memory, and pseudocontingencies. Study 1 revealed a positive correlation between erroneous stereotype formation and learning of the true contingencies with the confounding factor. Study 2 showed that a focus manipulation during encoding moderated the correlation between stereotype formation and contingency learning but not the strength of the erroneous stereotype. Study 3 used a quasiexperimental comparison between participants with biased versus unbiased group judgments and extended the findings of a positive relation between stereotype formation and contingency learning. The results support an explanation of biased group judgments by pseudocontingencies; that is, unwarranted inferences from accurately perceived bivariate correlations in complex environments. |
| spellingShingle | Meiser, T Hewstone, M Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title | Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title_full | Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title_short | Cognitive processes in stereotype formation: the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments. |
| title_sort | cognitive processes in stereotype formation the role of correct contingency learning for biased group judgments |
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