Stereotypic inaccuracy means overestimating real group mean differences

Evidence

If the perceiver judges that there is a greater difference than there actually is between the two groups, this can be labeled as stereotypic inaccuracy: overestimating the degree to which groups differ along a stereotypic dimension on which there is in fact a mean difference between them. This sort of inaccuracy, of course, could also go in the opposite direction: failing to perceive a mean difference between the two groups when there is one. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 856

Categorization

• DEFINE: Two-sided definition: stereotypic inaccuracy is not merely exaggerating differences — it also includes failing to see a real one.
• XREF: Connects to vault’s prejudice-psychology thread and prior contact-theory claims about stereotype exaggeration.
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 856