El impacto de la información estereotípica y de la autocategorización sobre la categorización racial en Brasil
- Cano, Ignacio
- Schweiger Gallo, Inge
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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ISSN: 0213-4748, 1579-3680
Year of publication: 2008
Issue Title: Número monográfico en recuerdo de María Ros
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 329-346
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social
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Abstract
Most studies on racial discrimination and bias examine whether members of racial minorities are, under the same circumstances, perceived or treated in a more negative way than members of the majority. Here, however, the dependent and independent variables were reversed in order to analyze whether associating a person with the negative stereotypical traits of a racial minority leads to a higher probability of categorizing that person as belonging to the minority. In addition, we aimed at analyzing if this pattern was observed primarily when members were categorized as belonging to a discriminated outgroup. The results showed that the probability of categorizing a person as belonging to a racial group did not depend on the stereotypical information, but on the self-categorization of the perceiver. This was the case for both members of the minority and of the majority. The implications of the present findings for racial self- versus hetero-attribution are discussed.