Judgments of people reduce to two dimensions explaining most variance.

Evidence

The most active current parallel revolves around communion and agency, in the context of self-concept (Abele et al., 2016) and interpersonal attitudes (Wojciszke et al., 2009). These two research programs, separately and together, show the primacy of communion (morality) in impressions of others but the importance of agency to self-concept. The total explanatory value of the two dimensions accounts for more than 80% of the variance in individual impressions (see Abele & Wojciszke, 2014, for references). The dimensions each break down into facets: Communion includes both warmth and morality, and agency includes both competence and assertiveness, according to selfconcept data in five cultures (Abele et al., 2016). — Susan T. Fiske, Stereotype Content, 45

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the SCM framework and the book’s broader title premise about warmth and competence enduring as the two core stereotype dimensions.
• DEFINE: Clarifies how communion (warmth + morality) and agency (competence + assertiveness) map onto the two-dimensional model.

Related

• Warmth and competence dimensions were prefigured in earlier research. (similarity 0.85)
• Warmth and competence form the two fundamental dimensions of social perception. (similarity 0.83)
• Warmth judgments blend sociability and morality, while competence blends capability and agency. (similarity 0.81)
• Social perception reduces to agentic and communal attribute dimensions (similarity 0.81)
• Stereotype dimensions derive from perceivers’ need to gauge others’ intent and capability. (similarity 0.80)