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The Roles of Motivation and Ability in Controlling the Consequences of Stereotype Suppression

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Wyer, Natalie A., Sherman, Jeffrey W., Stroessner, Steven J.·2000·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167200261002
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Two experiments investigated the conditions under which previously suppressed stereotypes are applied in impression formation. In Experiment 1, the extent to which a previously suppressed racial stereotype influenced subsequent impressions depended on the race of the target who was subsequently encountered. Whereas impressions of race-unspecified targets were assimilated to the stereotype following its suppression, no such effects were observed when the target belonged to the racial group whose stereotype had been initially suppressed. These results demonstrate that when perceivers are motivated to avoid stereotyping individuals, the influence of a stereotype that has been previously activated through suppression is minimized. Experiment 2 demonstrated that these processing goals effectively reduce the impact of suppression-activated stereotypes only when perceivers have sufficient capacity to enact the goals. These results suggest that both sufficient motivation and capacity are necessary to prevent heightened stereotyping following stereotype suppression.

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  • Experiments testing the impact of instructions to avoid stereotyping have shown very short-term benefit with a rebound effect, in which the stereotype later recurred at a higher rate than among control groups who were not instructed to suppress.

    “Experiments testing the impact of instructions to avoid stereotyping have shown very short-term benefit with a “rebound effect,” in which the stereotype later recurred at a higher rate than among the control groups who were not instructed to suppress.61–64”

    From Reducing Racial Bias Among Health Care Providers: Lessons from Social-Cognitive Psychology (2007) · cites this paper as [64]

  • Stereotype suppression can lead to a number of negative, unintended consequences.

    “Stereotype suppression (e.g., trying to push away any stereotypic thoughts that arise while in the presence of an African-American patient) can lead to a number of negative, unintended consequences.”

    From Reducing Racial Bias Among Health Care Providers: Lessons from Social-Cognitive Psychology (2007) · cites this paper as [64]

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  1. Mackie, D. M., Queller, S., Stroessner, S. J., & Hamilton, D. L. (1996). Making stereotypes better or worse: Multiple roles for positive affect in group impressions. In R. M. Sorrentino & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition, Volume 3 (pp. 371-396). New York: Guilford.
  2. Plant, E. A., & Devine, P. G. (1998). Internal and external sources of motivation to control prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psy- chology, 75, 811-832.

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Authors
Wyer, N. A., Sherman, J. W., & Stroessner, S. J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Sherman, Jeffrey W.
  • Stroessner, Steven J.
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Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
13-25
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167200261002
OpenAlex
W2148842861
Cited by
74
References
52
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
FWCI
18.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
  • PEARL (University of Plymouth) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
stereotype suppression, stereotype activation, impression formation, racial stereotypes, motivation, processing capacity, assimilation

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