Dependence primes increase rated dependence only for female, not male, targets.

Evidence

In Banaji et al.’s (1993) dependence experiment, subjects who were exposed to primes that described dependent behaviors judged a female target (Donna) as more dependent than did subjects who rated the same target after exposure to neutral primes. — Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Implicit Social Cognition, 221

Categorization

  • XREF: This is the pattern — trait priming affecting only the stereotype-matched gender — the reader should compare against whether MOC group-defense mechanisms show analogous stereotype-specific activation. — connects to: Individual willingness to be dependent is only conditionally rewarded. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 170; The source of gendered conflict is situational dependence, not personal perversity — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974; Religious priming boosts prosocial behavior only for believers, not non-believers. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 713

Broader Connections