Stereotypes as Explanations: The Formation of Meaningful Beliefs about Social Groups

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Craig McGarty (Australian National University, Canberra) Vincent Y. Yzerbyt (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Stereotypes as Explanations

The Formation of Meaningful Beliefs about Social Groups

Craig McGarty (Australian National University, Canberra), Vincent Y. Yzerbyt (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Russell Spears (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

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Cambridge University Press
25 September 2002

Social, group or collective psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality

Stereotyping is one of the biggest single issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. Stereotypes as Explanations is the first book to explore the process of stereotype formation, the way that people develop impressions and views of social groups. Conventional approaches to stereotyping assume that stereotypes are based on erroneous and distorted processes, but the authors of this book take a very different view, namely that stereotypes form in order to explain aspects of social groups and in particular to explain relationships between groups. In developing this view, the authors explore classic and contemporary approaches to stereotype formation and advance new ideas about such topics as the importance of category formation, essentialism, illusory correlation, interdependence, social reality and stereotype consensus. They conclude that stereotypes are indeed explanations, but they are nevertheless highly selective, variable and frequently contested explanations.

Edited by: Craig McGarty (Australian National University Canberra), Vincent Y. Yzerbyt (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Russell Spears (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 514g
ISBN: 9780521800471
ISBN 10: 0521800471
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 25 September 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Craig McGarty is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. Previous books include Categorization and Social Psychology (1999). Vincent Yzerbyt is Professor of Social Psychology at the Catholic University of Louvain. He has published numerous books and been associate editor of the BJSP. Russel Spears is Professor of Social Psychology at Amsterdam University. He has published numerous books and been associate editor of the BJSP.