Stereotype formation is interpersonal, not merely intrapsychic, and requires a social context

Evidence

Stereotypes about outgroups are not simply formed in the minds of individual people; the construction of a specific stereotype involves interpersonal, not just intrapsychic, processes (Schaller & Conway, 1999). Allport (1954/1979) himself stated that “Prejudice is a social fact, and seems to require a social context” (p. 344). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2362

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: the MOC “The Wound of the Label: When Knowing Someone Becomes a Way of Erasing Them”