Researchers and the prejudiced share essentialist explanatory patterns

Evidence

However, Allport has certainly not been alone in assuming a single “prejudiced personality.” Those who have studied individual differences in negative outgroup attitudes seem to have found it difficult to resist the attractively simple attribution to a disturbed or inadequate personality, broadly similar to that captured in the lay stereotype of the “bigot.” It is ironic that similar negative essentialistic attributions seem to underlie the way in which prejudiced individuals think about the targets of their prejudice. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2489 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Researchers explaining prejudice essentialize bigots just as bigots essentialize their targets — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2489

Broader Connections

• Researchers explaining prejudice essentialize bigots just as bigots essentialize their targets #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2489