Social categorization without fit. The effect of gender categories on the encoding of nonsense syllables.

Autor/inn/en	Wegener, Ingo; Klauer, Karl Christoph
Titel	Social categorization without fit. The effect of gender categories on the encoding of nonsense syllables.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 36 (2005) 2, S. 91-101Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-3514
Schlagwörter	Stereotyp; Einstellung (Psy); Soziale Wahrnehmung; Geschlechterrolle; Klassifikation; Information
Abstract	Investigated whether intercategory fit is a prerequisite of social categorization. Intercategory fit is given if more differences are perceived between than within two or more social categories. The authors created experimental conditions without objective fit, and ruled out subjective perceptions of intercategory fit, such as arise from expectancy-based illusory correlations. In Experiment 1, portraits of men and women were presented to 50 college students together with nonsense syllables. Cued by the nonsense syllables, participants were later able to retrieve gender category information, indicating category salience in the presentation phase. Experiment 2 with 50 new participants replicated these results using male and female first names instead of portraits. Intercategory fit thus does not constitute a necessary precondition for categorization. The results bear on the very early stages in the development of stereotypes. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2005/3