Affective and cognitive orientations in intergroup perception

Wolf, Lukas J., von Hecker, Ulrich ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8873-0515 and Maio, Gregory R. 2017. Affective and cognitive orientations in intergroup perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 43 (6) , pp. 828-844. 10.1177/0146167217699582

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Abstract

Three studies examined the role of Need for Affect (NFA) and Need for Cognition (NFC) in intergroup perception. We hypothesized that NFA predicts a preference for stereotypically warm groups over stereotypically cold groups, whereas NFC predicts a preference for stereotypically competent groups over stereotypically incompetent groups. Study 1 supported these hypotheses for attitudes toward stereotypically ambivalent groups, which are stereotyped as high on one of the trait dimensions (e.g., high warmth) and low on the other (e.g., low competence), but not for stereotypically univalent groups, which are seen as high or low on both dimensions. Studies 2 and 3 replicated this pattern for stereotypically ambivalent groups, and yielded provocative evidence regarding several putative mechanisms underlying these associations. Together, these findings help integrate and extend past evidence on attitude-relevant individual differences with research on intergroup perception.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	need for affect, need for cognition, stereotypes, intergroup perception, prejudice
Additional Information:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Publisher:	SAGE
ISSN:	0146-1672
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 February 2017
Date of Acceptance:	20 February 2017
Last Modified:	07 May 2023 11:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98421

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