Are stereotypes accurate? A perspective from the cognitive science of concepts

作者:Bian Lin*; Cimpian Andrei
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2017, 40: 22-24.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X15002307

摘要

In his 2012 book, Jussim suggests that people's beliefs about various groups (i.e., their stereotypes) are largely accurate. We unpack this claim using the distinction between generic and statistical beliefs - a distinction supported by extensive evidence in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and philosophy. Regardless of whether one understands stereotypes as generic or statistical beliefs about groups, skepticism remains about the rationality of social judgments.

  • 出版日期2017