Warmth judgments blend sociability and morality, while competence blends capability and agency.

Evidence

Warmth items include warm, trustworthy, friendly, honest, likable, and sincere (in order of priority). Note the mix of items related to sociability and to morality (cf. Abele et al., 2016). Competence items include competent, intelligent, skilled, and efficient, as well as assertive and confident; note the mix of items related to capability and to agency (Abele et al., 2016, supplementary materials). — Susan T. Fiske, Stereotype Content, 17

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that the SCM’s two dimensions each bundle two distinct sub-concepts — a useful precision when discussing stereotype scales.
• XREF: Mirrors the warmth/morality overlap in moral psychology — connects to Jonathan Haidt’s morality-as-warmth-decoder work. — connects to: The warmth dimension bundles sociality with morality but remains purely prosocial. — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 161

Related

• The warmth dimension bundles sociality with morality but remains purely prosocial. (similarity 0.87)
• Warmth and competence form the two fundamental dimensions of social perception. (similarity 0.87)
• Warmth and competence dimensions were prefigured in earlier research. (similarity 0.86)
• Judgments of people reduce to two dimensions explaining most variance. (similarity 0.81)
• Stereotypes map onto warmth and competence, which predict specific emotional responses. (similarity 0.81)
• Stereotype dimensions derive from perceivers’ need to gauge others’ intent and capability. (similarity 0.80)
• Mixed warmth-and-competence stereotypes ideologically justify existing social hierarchies. (similarity 0.80)
• Perceived warmth and competence of groups derive from their social structure and interdependence. (similarity 0.80)
• Warmth judgments come first because intent predicts behavior. (similarity 0.79)
• Groups are judged on perceived warmth and competence, which drive distinct emotions toward them (similarity 0.79)
• Mixed stereotypes feel unproblematic because the two dimensions are separable (similarity 0.78)
• Warmth and competence judgments predict distinct emotional reactions to groups (similarity 0.78)