High-power members lean on stereotypes through not attending to individuating details of subordinates

Evidence

In the case of negative stereotypes, Fiske (1993) suggested that groups higher in power are more likely to rely on stereotypes than lower power groups because they do not need to attend as carefully to individuating information about subordinates. Therefore, the greater utilization of stereotypes by higher status group members may be responsible for the stronger relationship between negative stereotypes and attitudes when the outgroup is of lower status. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 131

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the power-and-cognitive-load literature (Guinote, Fiske) relevant to the reader’s MOC threat synthesis. — connects to: Stereotypes can arise from role rationalization, not observed group differences — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2954; Frontline work structure, not worker prejudice, creates receptivity to stereotypes — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 844

Broader Connections

• Stereotypes can arise from role rationalization, not observed group differences #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2954
• Frontline work structure, not worker prejudice, creates receptivity to stereotypes #qualifies (0.72) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 844