Accurate group stereotypes are misapplied to mismatched individuals as prejudice
Evidence
In the face of role incongruity, perceivers may suspect that a group member does not possess the attributes required for success in the role, regardless of his or her actual insufficiency. Even if the group stereotype is accurate on the whole, these beliefs are often misapplied to an individual group member. This result constitutes prejudice in the form of a less favorable attitude-in-context toward persons who are stereotypically mismatched with the requirements of a role, compared with attitudes toward those who are matched. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 191
In the face of role incongruity, perceivers may suspect that a group member does not possess the attributes required for success in the role, regardless of his or her actual insufficiency. Even if the group stereotype is accurate on the whole, these beliefs are often misapplied to an individual group member. This result constitutes prejudice in the form of a less favorable attitude-in-context toward persons who are stereotypically mismatched with the requirements of a role, compared with attitudes toward those who are matched. This approach incorporates Allport’s view that prejudice occurs when people are placed at some disadvantage that is not warranted by their individual actions or qualifications – “thinking ill of others without sufficient warrant” (p. 6). However, in contrast to Allport’s understanding, this prejudicially lowered evaluation refers not to the overall attitude toward the group, but to attitudes toward individual group members in role-incongruent contexts. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 191
Categorization
- XREF: Retains Allport’s ‘thinking ill without sufficient warrant’ while redirecting it from group-level attitude to role-context evaluation of individuals. — connects to: the MOC “The Wound of the Label: When Knowing Someone Becomes a Way of Erasing Them”
- corroborated: 6 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 191; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 191