TY - JOUR
AU - Kashima, Yoshihisa
AB - Research on implicit person theories shows that beliefs about the malleability of                 human attributes have important implications for social cognition, interpersonal                 behavior, and intergroup relations. We argue that these implications can be                 understood within the framework of psychological essentialism, which extends work on                 implicit theories in promising directions. We review evidence that immutability                 beliefs covary with a broader set of essentialist beliefs, and that these                 essentialist beliefs are associated with stereotyping and prejudice. We then present                 recent studies indicating that associations between implicit person theories and                 stereotyping may be explained in terms of essentialist beliefs, implying a                 significant role for these beliefs in the psychology of group perception. Finally,                 we propose ways in which research and theory on essentialist beliefs might clarify                 and advance research on implicit person theories.
TI - Psychological Essentialism, Implicit Theories, and Intergroup Relations
JF - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
DO - 10.1177/1368430206059861
DA - 2006-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/psychological-essentialism-implicit-theories-and-intergroup-relations-FsbXsNSg4n
SP - 63
EP - 76
VL - 9
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -