Most prejudiced people experience torn, alternating rather than pure attitudes
Evidence
Note that, of 23 groups, the two mixed clusters contained 13 groups for the student sample and 11 groups for the nonstudent sample, which suggests a substantial number of out-groups that did not fit the pure antipathy hypothesis. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 123 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Envious and paternalistic prejudices are psychologically consistent mixed feelings, not ambivalent ones. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 301; Prejudice stems from an inability to tolerate ambivalent feelings; Low-prejudice people feel compunction over mismatches between how they should and would react (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Most out-groups elicit mixed prejudice, not pure antipathy
#corroborates(0.92) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 123