Group stereotypes cause role-congruent favoritism without any generalized hostility toward the group

Evidence

Our expanded treatment of prejudice rests upon the simple idea of role incongruity – that prejudice often results from the mismatch between beliefs about the attributes typically possessed by members of a social group (that is, their stereotype) and beliefs about the attributes that facilitate success in valued social roles. In this analysis, a member of a group whose stereotypical attributes are thought to facilitate performance in a role is ordinarily preferred over a member of a group whose stereotypical attributes are thought to impede performance, even in the absence of objective differences between the two individuals. Such incongruity between stereotypical characteristics and social roles does not necessarily lead to a generalized hostile attitude toward the mismatched individual but to a decline in evaluation relative to a matched individual in the context of the particular role. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 174

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘role incongruity’ as an alternative mechanism to Allport’s antipathy model of prejudice.
• QUESTION: Does role incongruity predict prejudice without consciously held negative attitudes — testable via implicit measures?

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• Negative stereotypes block access to desirable roles because those roles demand positive attributes. (similarity 0.90)
• Negative overall stereotypes bar groups from prestigious roles lacking positive attributes (similarity 0.90)
• Negative overall stereotypes block group access to desirable social roles. (similarity 0.90)
• Role incongruity explains prejudice without requiring hostility (similarity 0.90)
• Accurate group stereotypes are misapplied to mismatched individuals as prejudice (similarity 0.89)
• Prejudice arises from role-context devaluation, not from negative attitudes alone (similarity 0.88)
• Prejudice mixes a rational kernel of role-fit perception with motivated irrationality (similarity 0.87)
• Prejudice does not require inaccurate or exaggerated stereotypes. (similarity 0.85)
• Role incongruity supplies raw material that motivated reasoning then exploits (similarity 0.85)
• Prejudiced individuals misattribute their dislike to group attributes rather than vice versa. (similarity 0.84)
• Accurate stereotypes of real group differences are not prejudice (similarity 0.84)
• Prejudice is a relative evaluative decrement against misfit role occupants, not blanket negativity (similarity 0.84)
• Prejudice often is role-context devaluation, not global negativity toward a group. (similarity 0.83)
• Changing stereotypes without reducing hostility does little because stereotypes result from prejudice (similarity 0.83)