High-competence groups are judged significantly lower in warmth, yielding mixed stereotypes.

Evidence

We defined mixed stereotypes as low ratings on one dimension coupled with high ratings on the other; our hypothesis holds that a substantial number of out-group stereotypes will prove high on either competence or warmth but low on the other. Three analyses address this hypothesis. … First, compare the means for the four cluster centers (Table 4). In both samples, the cluster with the highest competence ratings (student M 4.04, nonstudent M 3.78) is the one that reliably contains Asians, Black professionals, businesswomen, feminists, Jews, northerners, and rich people. In both samples, this cluster’s rated competence differed significantly from all the other clusters (student M 2.29 to 3.14, nonstudent M 2.41 to 3.12, all ps .001). Matched pair t tests reveal a significant difference between this cluster center’s scores on competence (above) and warmth (student M 3.12, nonstudent M 2.94), student t(6) 5.61, p .01; nonstudent t(6) 6.34, p .01. Therefore, in both samples, this cluster was higher in competence than in warmth, a mixed combination by our definition. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 120

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mixed stereotypes combine high competence with low warmth or vice versa — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 3; Enviable outgroups historically split from pitied ones along warmth and competence. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 19; Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Envied out-groups draw low-warmth stereotypes that rationalize their exclusion #exemplifies (0.88) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 32
• High-competence low-warmth groups are reliably rated low on warmth. #corroborates (0.86) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 295
• Paternalized low-competence groups cluster high on warmth. #exemplifies (0.85) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 190
• Mixed warmth-and-competence stereotypes ideologically justify existing social hierarchies. #expands (0.84) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 51
• High-competence low-warmth outgroups share a stereotype of being too competent #exemplifies (0.83) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 30
• Groups seen as competing with the ingroup are stereotyped as low in warmth #expands (0.82) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1491
• People judge compared groups as opposites on warmth and competence. #expands (0.78) — Susan T. Fiske, Stereotype Content, 46
• Groups are judged on perceived warmth and competence, which drive distinct emotions toward them #expands (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2272