The rational kernel of role-incongruity prejudice gets co-opted by motivated reasoning

Evidence

However, stereotypes are not invented from whole cloth to defend people from personal inadequacies or protect their own groups’ privileges. Instead, the processes of role incongruity provide the basic material that then enables motivated reasoning in defense of oneself or one’s group. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 209 (#expands, via linked claim)

However, stereotypes are not invented from whole cloth to defend people from personal inadequacies or protect their own groups’ privileges. Instead, the processes of role incongruity provide the basic material that then enables motivated reasoning in defense of oneself or one’s group. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 209 (#expands, via linked claim)

The role-incongruity view of prejudice has a decidedly rational flavor: It is reasonable to think that groups of people who have long fulfilled certain roles and therefore been shaped by them (in terms of socialization and social learning) would tend to be less than prepared for roles with quite different demands. The unfairness derives from social perceivers’ weighting of group membership and thus not fully crediting the individual qualifications that individual group members possess for the new roles. This unfairness arises from assimilating individuals to stereotypes, a common psychological process. Nonetheless, irrationality comes to the fore as this basically rational process becomes co-opted by motivations. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 208 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Motivated reasoning is the motive while confirmation bias is the mechanism — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 100; Small qualified trait differences with strong negative evaluation justify dominance; Role-incongruity prejudice has a rational core; its unfairness lies in generalization (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Motivated reasoning piggybacks on genuine role incongruity rather than fabricating stereotypes from scratch #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 209
• Role incongruity supplies raw material that motivated reasoning then exploits #expands (0.93) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 209
• Prejudice mixes a rational kernel of role-fit perception with motivated irrationality #corroborates (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 208