Out-group stereotypes split into stable competence-warmth clusters with half the groups showing mixed profiles

Evidence

This study focuses on three hypotheses. Support for perceived competence and warmth as differentiating out-group stereotypes appeared in cluster analyses that used competence and warmth; four stable clusters consistently accounted for 70% of the groups, across solutions and samples. Support for the substantial number of mixed stereotypes—low ratings on competence coupled with high ratings on warmth or vice versa—came from three analyses: For each sample, two cluster centers were rated significantly higher on warmth than on competence or vice versa. Half the studied groups fell into one of these two mixed clusters. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 155

Using groups nominated solely by pilot respondents and using improved trait and predictor scales, Study 2 supports findings from Study 1s two samples. The addition of in-groups created clusters of groups in all four quadrants of the Competence Warmth space. Fitting hypotheses, many groups fell into the mixed quadrants, being high on either competence or warmth but low on the other. The pure derogation hypothesis fit only poor people, and the main diagonal followed through neutral groups to positively favored in-groups. Competence and warmth again differentiated out-groups, many with mixed stereotypes. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 212

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 155; Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 212
• 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; High-competence low-warmth outgroups share a stereotype of being too competent — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 30 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Competent-but-cold groups form a stable stereotype cluster across samples. #expands (0.92) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 189
• Outgroups are universally mapped on warmth and competence dimensions #corroborates (0.88)
• Abstract-level middle-cluster stereotypes mask sharp subtype splits within a group. #complicates (0.78) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 292