Selective perception and forgetting perpetuate false stereotypes over time

Evidence

The central idea is that stereotypes are belief structures that influence the processing of information about stereotyped groups and their members. What this means is that expectations formed on the basis of early experience tend to guide subsequent perceptions. As Allport pointed out, “A stereotype is sustained by selective perception and selective forgetting” (1954/ 1979, p. 196). These mechanisms explain how even false stereotypes can be perpetuated over time. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1373

Categorization

• QUESTION: Relevant to contact-theory reassessment: if selective perception sustains false stereotypes, does intergroup contact correct them or get filtered?
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1373
• XREF: connects to: Post-truth roots lie in ancient cognitive bias, academic relativism, and media change; Partisan false memories of real events follow ideological bias — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 83