TY - JOUR
T1 - Power Can Bias Impression Processes
T2 - Stereotyping Subordinates by Default and by Design
AU - Goodwin, Stephanie A.
AU - Gubin, Alexandra
AU - Fiske, Susan T.
AU - Yzerbyt, Vincent Y.
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - Powerholders may engage in two stereotyping processes: (a) by default, inattention to stereotype-inconsistent information, due to lack of dependency, and (b) by design, effortful attention to stereotype-consistent information, due to explicit control. Study 1 manipulated control (not dependency) over internship applicants; powerful decision-makers increased attention to stereotypic attributes, consistent with stereotyping by design. Study 2 measured differences in trait dominance as an analog to situational control, replicating Study 1. Study 3 separately manipulated perceiver control and dependency; powerful perceivers increased attention to powerless targets' stereotypic attributes (by design) and also decreased attention to counter-stereotypic attributes (by default). Study 4 compared powerful perceivers' ratings of potential subordinates to their own prior ratings of target categories and target traits. Relative to the powerless, powerful perceivers' impressions were based significantly less on target traits, supporting the attention results.
AB - Powerholders may engage in two stereotyping processes: (a) by default, inattention to stereotype-inconsistent information, due to lack of dependency, and (b) by design, effortful attention to stereotype-consistent information, due to explicit control. Study 1 manipulated control (not dependency) over internship applicants; powerful decision-makers increased attention to stereotypic attributes, consistent with stereotyping by design. Study 2 measured differences in trait dominance as an analog to situational control, replicating Study 1. Study 3 separately manipulated perceiver control and dependency; powerful perceivers increased attention to powerless targets' stereotypic attributes (by design) and also decreased attention to counter-stereotypic attributes (by default). Study 4 compared powerful perceivers' ratings of potential subordinates to their own prior ratings of target categories and target traits. Relative to the powerless, powerful perceivers' impressions were based significantly less on target traits, supporting the attention results.
KW - impression formation
KW - intergroup relations
KW - power
KW - stereotyping
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U2 - 10.1177/1368430200003003001
DO - 10.1177/1368430200003003001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993746146
SN - 1368-4302
VL - 3
SP - 227
EP - 256
JO - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
JF - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
IS - 3
ER -