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When seeing stigma creates paternalism: Learning about disadvantage leads to perceptions of incompetence
- Source :
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 25:1202-1222
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- The present research examines the conditions under which educating non-stigmatized individuals about the experiences of members of stigmatized groups leads to paternalistic or more respectful views of the target. We propose that when these efforts ask members of non-stigmatized groups to focus only on the difficulties experienced by stigmatized targets, they will lead to more paternalistic views of targets because they portray targets as being in need of help. In contrast, we propose that when these efforts take a broader focus on stigmatized targets and include their resilience in the face of their difficulties, they will lead to more respectful views of targets. Four studies supported these predictions. Across studies, White participants who focused only on a Black target’s difficulties subsequently perceived the target as more helpless and less competent than controls. Participants who focused on the target’s resilience in the face of difficulties perceived him as more competent.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology
Communication
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Stigma (botany)
050109 social psychology
Paternalism
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Perception
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Social psychology
Disadvantage
Prejudice (legal term)
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14617188 and 13684302
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1e106fef950903cdc7d3e24261052541