Group dislike generates stereotypic beliefs, not the reverse

Evidence

Campbell (1967) highlighted various factors that contribute to the “wrongfulness” of stereotypes. One of these, which he judged to be particularly important, is the tendency of the prejudiced individual to believe that it is the attributes of the group (i.e., stereotype content) that generate dislike, when in fact it is the dislike that generates the negative stereotypic beliefs about the group: The naive ingrouper perceives the different characteristics of the outgroup as causing his hostility (Ichheiser, 1949). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 841

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Negative stereotypes both accompany intergroup threats and independently predict outgroup attitudes — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 127; Partisans massively overestimate disliked traits in the opposing party — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 32