Older attribution models never studied category-based explanation directly

Evidence

These effects are assumed to stem from in-group favoring and out-group derogating expectancies. However, these models were primarily concerned with how category-based expectancies moderate attributions to the actor’s internal factors as opposed to external causes. A different theoretical framework was needed to examine how categorical attributions per se are constructed. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 114

Categorization

• XREF: Marks the theoretical shift this chapter argues for; useful contrast frame for the reader’s prejudice thread between expectancy-moderation and category-based explanation proper.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 114