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Automatic Activation of Stereotypes: The Role of Self-Image Threat

dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Stevenen_US
dc.contributor.authorFein, Stevenen_US
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Connieen_US
dc.contributor.authorFong, Christinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDuinn, Meghanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T13:58:41Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T13:58:41Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpencer, Steven; Fein, Steven; Wolfe, Connie; Fong, Christina; Duinn, Meghan (1998). "Automatic Activation of Stereotypes: The Role of Self-Image Threat." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 24(11): 1139-1152. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68770>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0146-1672en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68770
dc.description.abstractDoes self-image threatening feedback make perceivers more likely to activate stereotypes when confronted by members of a minority group? Participants in Study 1 saw an Asian American or European American woman for several minutes, and participants in Studies 2 and 3 were exposed to drawings of an African American or European American male face for fractions of a second. These experiments found no evidence of automatic stereotype activation when perceivers were cognitively busy and when they had not received negative feedback. When perceivers had received negative feedback, however, evidence of stereotype activation emerged even when perceivers were cognitively busy. The theoretical implications of these results for stereotype activation and the relationship of motivation, affect, and cognition are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleAutomatic Activation of Stereotypes: The Role of Self-Image Threaten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Waterloo, sspencer@watarts.uwaterloo.caen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherWilliams College, steven.fein@williams.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherWilliams Collegeen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherYale Universityen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/01461672982411001en_US
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