Typecast: A Routine Mental Shortcut Causes Party Stereotyping

Ahler, Douglas J.; Sood, Gaurav

doi:10.1007/s11109-022-09780-8

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Typecast: A Routine Mental Shortcut Causes Party Stereotyping

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Through a representativeness heuristic, we infer that the most extreme positions of some members of a group are the group's most common traits.
“Through a representativeness heuristic, we infer that the most extreme positions of some members of a group are, in fact, the group's most common traits (Ahler & Sood, 2023).”
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Authors: Ahler, D. J., & Sood, G.
Affiliations: Florida State University (US)
Corresponding author: Ahler, Douglas J.
ORCID: Ahler, Douglas J.
Sood, Gaurav
Venue: Political Behavior
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2022-02-18
Volume: 45
Issue: 4
Pages: 1581-1607
ISSN: 0190-9320 (ISSN-L)
1573-6687
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-022-09780-8
OpenAlex: W4226483070
Cited by: 14
References: 61
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
FWCI: 3.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Locations: Political Behavior (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Keywords: representativeness heuristic, conjunction fallacy, representativeness bias, political polarization, cognitive load, numeracy, cognitive shortcuts

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